The last time I wrote about this topic, the death toll was only 47. And were already horrified. Now it is already 57, are we just counting numbers here?
Nobody really knows how many people were killed. There are still some people missing. I think there are still more, after all, the police are just counting based on the people they dug up in shallow graves.
The MILF said that they had nothing to do with the killings. It was all politically motivated, something that stirred up between rival clans–the Ampatuans and Mangudadatus of Maguindanao.
How many more lives will be sacrificed in the name of politics?
I saw some pictures last night, some of them included pregnant women. Most of the women were shot in the genitals, so the police suspect that they were raped first before killed. Shooting their genitals probably masked the seminal fluids that could have been present there for evidence. The suspects did not bother to wear condoms apparently.
I denounce the killings, but I will not call the perpetrators names. Only God has the right to judge them. However, they should be subjected to the law of this land and the punishments that await those who do such atrocities. God please, bring the killers and the masterminds to justice.