Manila, Philippines (CNN) — Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expects arrests in the massacre of at least 57 unarmed civilians in the next 24 hours, a spokesman said Wednesday.

“The president … is enraged by these barbaric acts,” spokesman Cerge Remonde said. “She has literally thrown the full force of the law and has mobilized the security and police forces of the state to go after the perpetrators. We are expecting arrests and prosecution in the next 24 hours.”

Authorities have disbanded a paramilitary force in the southern Philippines suspected of having a role in Monday’s massacre, the country’s state-run media reported.

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