The Maguindanao Massacre (2009)

Maguindanao isn't usually a place tourists would want to visit in the Philippines, and for good reason. It is home to bandits, rebel insurgency groups and warring political families, and in 2009, fifty-seven people, including 31 journalists, were brutally killed by the Ampatuan clan as a result of one man's attempt to wrest power from them. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic nature of this story.Episode photos: instagram.com/p/B6xtN22n1__References: ⁠storiesafterdark.home.blog⁠Music: "This House" and "Echoes of Time v2" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Facebook: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkphInstagram: instagram.com/storiesafterdarkTwitter: twitter.com/afterdarkphYouTube: youtube.com/storiesafterdarkSend me a message: [email protected]