Philippine massacre widows 'cannot forgive' warlord suspect


Relatives of the victims of the infamous Maguindanao massacre light candles at the killing site on November 23, 2014, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. - AFP/File / Mark Navales

Manila (AFP) - Widows of victims of the Philippines' worst political massacre said Saturday that they could not forgive a powerful clan warlord who was one of the main suspects in the case, after he died in hospital.

Andal Ampatuan Sr., patriarch of the powerful Ampatuan clan, was among 100 people on trial for the killings of 58 people, including 32 journalists, in the conflict-wracked southern province of Maguindanao in November 2009.

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