Thursday, March 13, 2003 (Philippines)

SURVIVORS. Marino Burdas Sr. stands beside his children in this photograph taken years before Tuesday's massacre that claimed the lives of his wife and three sons. Standing at the back is Marino Jr., who is now in intensive care at the hospital. (Sun.Star Dumaguete Foto) POLICE looking into the Tuesday morning massacre of four Iglesia ni Cristo members in Upper Batinguel, dismissed speculations that the killer could have been a member of a cult or a satanic group. Rumors of the alleged cult and its alleged murderous activities had spread like wildfire in the towns of Siaton, Zamboanguita and Dauin last month, but died out soon after. [full story]

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