At least 50 rebel soldiers surrender in Philippines

While this appears to be coming to an end without bloodshed (thank God), there will be repercussions for some time to come.

At least 50 rebel soldiers surrender in Philippines
Posted: 3:47 PM (Manila Time) | Jul. 27, 2003
Agence France-Presse

AT LEAST 50 of about 200 military rebels accused of staging a coup surrendered on Sunday after an overnight standoff in the Makati business district, an Agence France-Presse journalist said.

The soldiers came down from a high-rise luxury serviced apartment at the rebel-occupied Ayala Center in mid-afternoon and walked out into the rain toward a parking lot.

They turned themselves in less than two hours before the end of a 5:00 pm (0900 GMT) ultimatum announced by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who threatened an attack.

"They have returned to the fold of the law," said Major General Emmanuel Teodosio, the ground commander of government troops that surrounded the mutineers at the Ayala Center.

"There are many of them, more than 50," he told reporters.

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