Authorities have disbanded a paramilitary force in the southern Philippines alleged of having a role in the massacre of at least 57 unarmed civilians, the country's state-run media reported Wednesday.The death toll grew Wednesday after 11 more bodies were recovered from a rural area of Mindanao, where the remains were hurriedly buried. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning.
The Philippine government is under intense pressure to find the culprits responsible for planning and carrying out Monday's abduction and killings of politicians, lawyers, journalists and reportedly some bystanders. Suspicion has fallen on the Ampatuan family, a key ally of the Arroyo administration in the Maguindanao region of the southern Mindanao province.
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