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Filipino kills 10 in drunken rampage

A man armed with a long knife has killed 10 people, including five children, and wounded 14 more, on a drunken rampage in the Philippines.

The man first attacked and wounded six members of his own family with whom he lived in a remote village outside Calbayog city in central Samar province around 2am (0400 AEST) today, police spokesman Jessie Gianan said by telephone.

The man then barged into two neighbouring homes where he stabbed and hacked at the sleeping occupants, then he returned to a wake where he had been drinking earlier and attacked everyone in his path, Gianan said.

Eight of his victims died on the spot and two died later at a hospital, Gianan said. Another 14 were wounded.

The man then surrendered to another villager who turned him over to the authorities. It was not immediately clear what prompted the rampage.

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