Bodies Of Nine People Killed In An Ambush By Gunmen Lie Along The Road In Central Philippines

In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 photo released by the Philippine National Police Region 6 Public Information Office, the bodies of nine people, including civilians, village guards and police, lie along a dirt road after being ambushed by gunmen hiding in a sugarcane field in La Castellana township, Negros Occidental province in central Philippines. Officials said, about 20 gunmen raked the victims’ truck with automatic weapon fire before dawn, firing nearly 300 rounds of ammunition, that also wounded nine others. One police officer was among those killed and two others were wounded, provincial police Chief Celestino Guara said.

In this photo released by the Philippine National Police Region 6 Public Information Office, taken on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, residents gather at the scene where nine people, including civilians, village guards and police, were ambushed by gunmen hiding in a sugarcane field in La Castellana township, Negros Occidental province in central Philippines. <AP Photo/Philippine National Police Region 6>