PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/POLICE
MANILA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua): Five suspects of "an attempted robbery" were killed in the southern Philippines over the weekend, the military said on Monday.
Lieutenant General Alfredo Rosario, the commander of the Western Mindanao Command, said the government forces killed the suspects during a five-minute firefight at a checkpoint Saturday night in Ampatuan, a town in Maguindanao province.
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