CHR condemns NPA for landmine attack in Tagum City

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 18): CHR condemns NPA for landmine attack in Tagum City

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) for the continued use of landmines to attack government forces.

During her recent visit here, CHR chairperson Etta Rosales said that using of landmine is a violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).  “This is definitely a condemnable act. The NPA should be punished of this,” Rosales said.  A government soldier was wounded after communist rebels planted a landmine in Barangay Magdum in Tagum City Saturday morning.  Major Jake Thaddeus Obligado, chief of Army's 10th Infantry Division's Civil Military Operation Battalion (CMOBN), said the victim is still being treated at a hospital in Tagum City.  Obligado said the landmine exploded around 10 a.m. Saturday as the vehicle of soldiers belonging to the Army's 66th Infantry Battalion was passing through Barangay Magdum.  "The troops led by First Lieutenant Nabora were tasked to get materials needed in a rehabilitation of New Bataan in Compostela Valley by the Task Force Tambayayong (TFT)," Obligado said.  Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson for the Philippine Army's 10th ID, said the incident caused delay in the rehabilitation efforts in Compostela Valley affected by the Typhoon Pablo.  "The rebels are not thinking of the safety of the travelers for they can afford to lay landmine along the national road," Paniza said.

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