“They begged for their lives … [but] they made sure no one would survive.”

Using high-powered guns, Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. and his uncle shot dead Genalin Mangudadatu and two companions, summoned other members of the convoy and again fired on the three corpses in their presence.

This was part of the account of Ampatuan Vice Mayor Rasul Sangki, who testified on Wednesday that before they were killed, the wife of Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and her sister-in-law Bai Eden begged for their lives, and journalist Jimmy Pal’ak—who hosted a number of shows during town celebrations—repeatedly reminded Ampatuan Jr. that they knew each other.

In his testimony delivered in Filipino before Quezon City Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, Sangki said Ampatuan and his men eventually “finished off” the rest of the Mangudadatu convoy.

“They aimed at the heads. They made sure no one would survive,” he said.

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