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Islamist militants in Philippines beheaded local police chief

Manila : Islamist militants rampaging through a southern Philippine city beheaded a local police chief, President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday. "The chief of police in Malabang on his way home, going back he was stopped by a checkpoint manned by terrorists and I think they deca

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Published 24 May 2017, 8:00 · Updated 18:23

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Islamist militants in Philippines beheaded local police chief

Manila : Islamist militants rampaging through a southern Philippine city beheaded a local police chief, President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday.

"The chief of police in Malabang on his way home, going back he was stopped by a checkpoint manned by terrorists and I think they decapitated them right then and there," Duterte said as he justified imposing martial law to combat the militants.

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