PA condemns NPA attack on defenseless soldiers in Davao City

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 5): PA condemns NPA attack on defenseless soldiers in Davao City

The Philippine Army strongly condemned on Monday the New People's Army (NPA) rebels for the brutal attack on four unarmed soldiers in Sitio Cinco, Barangay Mapula, Paquibato District, Davao City Sunday afternoon. "We want all of our peace partners to condemn the NPA's dastardly act of killing four unarmed, off-duty soldiers," Major Harold Cabunoc, PA spokesperson, said. He stressed that the attack was a clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law and Republic Act No. 9851 or "An Act Defining and Penalizing Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity." Considered as war crimes and punishable under Chapter III, Section 4(b) of R.A. 9851 are:
 1) Violence to life and person, in particular willful killings, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; 2) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment; 3) Taking of hostages; and, 4) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all judicial guarantees which are generally recognized as indispensable.  It can be recalled that on Sept. 1, 2012, the same group of NPA rebels led by Leonardo Pitao, a.k.a. Parago, lobbed a grenade at a local circus show, wounding 48 residents, 18 of them children. "It is high time for the Filipino people to be united in renouncing the NPA's continuous use of violence to advance its interests. We must never allow the NPA to freely carry out its violent attacks because this will never end our various problems," Cabunoc said.
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