Sunday, 10 January 2016

Huge Catholic parade held under heavy security in Manila


More than a million Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jammed Manila's streets today for an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Christ that was held under extra heavy security following the Paris attacks.

About 5,000 police and soldiers were deployed to secure the daylong procession of the Black Nazarene in one of Asia's largest religious festivals, although no specific threat was being monitored. Click Here

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