JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 13 May) – Government soldiers arrested two men Sunday who tried to snatch two ballot boxes in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, witnesses said.
The men had been taken into custody after a near shootout between the soldiers and policemen who were escorting them.
Military and police officials did not give details about the incident, but dozens of people witnessed the commotion at the island provincial capitol building, where the ballot boxes were stacked.
It was not immediately known whether the men were working for a politician or not and whether their police escorts had been authorized.
Some 45 million Filipinos are to elect their senators, congressmen and local officials on Monday for the synchronized national and local polls.
Philippine elections are traditionally bloody and violent. Police said more than 100 have been killed in poll-related incidents across the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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