Parents claim bodies of slain rebels

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 30): Parents claim bodies of slain rebels

Parents of two slain young rebels who died during a firefight with government troops here on Friday came to identify and claim their bodies. Col. Antonino Florendo, commander of the 66th Infantry Battalion, said parents of rebels Joriben Caipan, 20, of Purok 2-B, Barangay San Jose, and Christopher Mawang, 18, of Purok 2, Brgy, Camantangan, both of Montevista, went to St. Peter’s Funeral Homes in Montevista on Friday afternoon. The parents presented documents to prove that the slain rebels were their sons. He said his men were conducting combat security patrol at Purok 4 in Barangay Lebanon after receiving reports of the presence of armed men when the firefight ensued early Friday morning killing the two rebels. Government operatives recovered a .45 caliber pistol and an improvised land line from the slain rebels.

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