MANILA: Grieving relatives buried yesterday 22 Muslim inmates killed when police stormed a maximum-security jail seized by suspected Abu Sayyaf guerillas, while troops secured the capital and key cities, fearing retaliatory attacks by the terror group.
Three of the slain detainees were prominent commanders of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf who authorities said led the 29-hour standoff that ended when police special forces stormed the jail in Camp Bagong Diwa in a hail of gunfire on Tuesday.