The wife of a candidate for governor and about 30 others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines -- with at least 21 of them later killed, army officials said.
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Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- The wife of a candidate for governor and an unconfirmed number of others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines -- with at least 21 of them later killed, army officials said.
The woman was on her way to file her husband's nomination papers, when some 100 armed men abducted her and the others in Maguindanao province, said the candidate, Ibrahim Mangudadatu.
The number of people abducted remained unclear. Mangudadatu said he had a list of 36 who had been abducted, but a woman who was traveling with the convoy but left it prior to the abduction said as many as 65 people were in the group.
Army Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said soldiers later recovered 21 bodies -- 13 women and eight men -- from the area where the abduction occurred.
Presidential Adviser on Mindanao Affairs Jesus Dureza has asked the government to place Maguindanao province under a state of emergency.
