10 hurt, Edsa blocked in QC demolition standoff
09/24/2010
Violence broke out yesterday when thousands of informal settlers in North Triangle, Quezon City, resisted the demolition of their homes set to be redeveloped into a business and commercial district.
At least 10 persons were hurt as residents fought off a demolition team from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the local police which was dispatched by the National Housing Authority (NHA), police and witnesses said.
The main highway in Manila has been closed as demolition crews pulled down their shanties, they added.
Reports claimed that among those injured in the demolition were five policemen of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), two civilians, two firefighters and an employee of the NHA.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100924hed4.html
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