AP, Manila
Thousands of Catholics joined a march with church leaders in Manila on Saturday in one of the largest shows of opposition against President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crackdown against illegal drugs and attempts to revive the death penalty.
Police estimated that at least 10,000 people joined the “Walk for Life” march and rally starting at dawn at Rizal Park, carrying placards that read “Choose life” and “No to death penalty.” Organizers gave a larger estimate of the crowd.
3 Lankan soldiers arrested for
abducting newsman
AP, Colombo
Sri Lanka police arrested an army officer and two soldiers over the abduction and assault on a prominent journalist nine years ago.
The suspects were arrested on Saturday morning and include a major and two soldiers. They are expected to appear before a judge, said police spokesman Priyantha Jayakody.
26 detained after Turkey car bomb attack
AP, Istanbul
Turkish officials say 26 people have been detained following a car bomb attack which killed two people in the southeast of the country.
A statement by the governor’s office on Saturday said the car bomb exploded a day earlier near the lodgings of judges and prosecutors in the mainly Kurdish town of Viransehir in Sanliurfa province, bordering Syria.
2 dead as storm lashes Southern California
AP, Los Angeles
A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and electrocuted a man, killed a motorist in a submerged car and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports.
With the storm feeding on an atmospheric river of moisture stretching far out into the Pacific, precautionary evacuations of homes in some neighborhoods were requested due to the potential for mudslides and debris flows.
