Nineteen people were killed and 19 others were wounded in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this year, the Comelec said.
MANILA — Nineteen people were killed and 19 others were wounded in barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this year, the Commission on Elections said on Tuesday.
Watch more News on iWantTFC Police earlier said two people were killed and five others were wounded outside a polling station in Maguindanao del Norte province. In another incident in Mindanao, a woman was killed when a gunfight broke out after a van carrying a village captain and her supporters was stopped on a road by people backing her rival in Lanao del Norte province, the army said.
"e really have to improve this situation. We have to…normalize elections to the people that it must not result in any form of violence," he said.
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