HONG KONG – Tens of thousands of people rallied in Hong Kong yesterday to demand justice for victims of the Manila hostage bloodbath, as the city’s large Filipino community staged its own memorials for the dead.
Demonstrators voiced their anger over the Philippine government’s handling of the siege in the heart of Manila on Monday, which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead amid widespread complaints of police bungling. (AFP)
19 dead after shoot-out
TSENTOROI, Russia – A shoot-out between the Chechen president’s personal protection detail and suspected separatist insurgents left 19 people dead early yesterday, including five civilians, officials and media reports said.
At least 12 suspected insurgents and two security officers were killed when the rebels entered Tsentoroi, Ramzan Kadyrov’s home village, his spokesman Alvi Karimov told The Associated Press. TV reports said five civilians were killed in the crossfire. (AP)
Seven more US soldiers killed
KABUL, Afghanistan – Seven United States troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies yesterday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in a western province. (AP)
