Firearms Seized from Philippines Massacre Suspects

Philippine soldiers dug up more than a dozen crates of bullets on Friday. They were found in the mansion of a local mayor linked to last month's massacre of 57 people.

Police seized a shotgun, several mortar shells, military uniforms and combat boots from two more houses.

On Thursday, soldiers unearthed a large cache of weapons, including five mortars, four machine-guns, three anti-tank bazookas, assault rifles, a 50-caliber sniper gun and hundreds of boxes of bullets from a vacant lot near the Ampatuans' residential complex.

[Col. Michael Samson, Armed Forces of the Philippines]:
"Some have markings of government arsenal or with the DND. Well, this matter will be checked and the AFP will be open to the investigation to be conducted regarding this matter."

The illegal sale of military weapons and corruption in the army bureaucracy have raised issues in the past in attempted coups against the government.

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[PrepSurvivor]

Those boots are COMBAT BOOTS!

Seize them!!!

lol

[XrayLancer14]

Comment remove by the Ampatuan's

[souldagger11]

they found a barret 50 caliber sniper :O those things rape :D

[polako68]

I wish i could buy m-60's and "anti-tank bazookas" (lol) like these assholes

[icerink239]

jan lang sila nakuha ng baril haha

[legomilitary2011]

omg Philippines needs to go on the path to sucsess ive been there !

[fatalarmor]

those who are guilty should be punished by law! and those evil dids should be burn with those power greedy people who did this murder!!

[jimuteno]

Oh Lord where is this country going?

[gimuelgwapo]

AFP should use those weapons instead of disposing.