{"id":2602100,"date":"2026-05-13T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunfire-breaks-out-in-philippine-senate-where-authorities-have-tried-to-arrest-a-senator\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:04:22","slug":"gunfire-breaks-out-in-philippine-senate-where-authorities-have-tried-to-arrest-a-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunfire-breaks-out-in-philippine-senate-where-authorities-have-tried-to-arrest-a-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities have tried to arrest a senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgunfire-breaks-out-in-philippine-senate-where-authorities-have-tried-to-arrest-a-senator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2602100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A burst of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-suspect-fla-shooting-was-gang-violence\/\" title=\"... suspect Fla. shooting was gang violence\">gunfire erupted<\/a> in the Philippine Senate on Wednesday night as authorities attempted to arrest Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, who has been held in protective custody by allied senators. Police had moved to apprehend him after the International Criminal Court unsealed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-peacekeepers-killed-in-central-african-republic-before-election\/\" title=\"U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election\">arrest warrant<\/a> for him over alleged crimes against humanity. It was unclear what caused the shooting or whether anyone was injured.<\/p>\n<p>The ICC warrant, issued after being unsealed this week, accuses dela Rosa-a former <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national police chief<\/a> who led Duterte\u2019s anti-drug campaign-of murder of at least 32 people between July 2016 and April 2018.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><strong>MANILA, Philippines (AP) \u2014<\/strong> A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an <em>Associated Press<\/em> journalist and other witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what set off the gunfire or if there were injuries in the Senate, where Sen. 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