Dozens of police officers killed in the Philippines after fighting rebels

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Military officials say that at least 30 people were killed during fighting on Sunday between police and Muslim rebels in the Philippines.

Officials in Mamasapano said 27 police officers and five rebels were killed, while seven other police officers were missing and eight had been captured by rebels, Reuters reports. An army spokesman said the police were trying to arrest Zulkifli bin Hir, a bomb expert from Malaysia with a $5 million bounty on his head.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.