Fear in waiting for justice

Deadly attack: An excavator lifting a mangled vehicle from a shallow grave as investigators probe the scene of the massacre in this file photo taken on Nov 25, 2009 in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. — AFP

Manila: A decade after 58 people were killed in the Philippines’ worst political massacre, none of the alleged masterminds have been convicted yet, leaving families fearful that justice may never come.

Though a verdict is now due next month over the bloodshed that drew international outrage, there is no guarantee of a conviction and the painfully slow-moving trial could still be derailed by corruption or even violence.