Policemen Killed During Intense Firefight In Maguindanao Province

MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES - JANUARY 27: Police carry the coffin of their comrade on January 27, 2015 inside a military morgue in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Dozens of elite policemen were killed after a clash with a Muslim rebel group. Lawmen were trying to serve arrest warrants on January 25, 2015 for criminals led by Malaysian bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir, known in military and police officials as Marwan, when the group clashed with the guerillas under Commander Guiawan of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a breakaway group of the Moro Islamic Liberation, the countrys largest rebel group engaged in peace talks with Manila. The death toll of government fatalities in the fierce firefight reached fifty. (Photo by Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)