Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after bomb kills 14

Sunday, September 4, 2016

DAVAO, Philippines -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a nationwide "state of lawlessness" Saturday after suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists detonated a bomb that killed 14 people and wounded about 70 in his southern hometown.

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