30K dead in 3 decades of fighting with Reds

From the Manila Standard Today (Oct 29): 30K dead in 3 decades of fighting with Reds

At least two people died every day during the past three decades as a result of the fighting between the government and the New Peoples’ Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front, an official said Sunday. From 1978 to 2010, the statistics from the Armed Forces and the National Police showed that the casualties as a result of the conflict had reached 29,553, government peace panel member Jurgette Honculada said. Honculada, a gender and labor rights advocate from Zamboanga, said that of that figure, 13,412 were communist rebels, 8,264 were soldiers and policemen, and 7,877 were civilians. “This translates to two to three deaths daily for the period,” Honculada said. The government’s statistics also translated into at least one civilian and one soldier or policeman dying every other day and at least one communist rebel dying every day....

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