CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City -- Government troopers recovered the body of an unidentified rebel of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) left by comrades after a firefight in the hinterlands of Bukidnon Sunday noon, the military on Monday said.
Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio Osias IV, spokesperson of the army Fourth Infantry Division here, said that government troopers recovered the body of the rebel along with his M14 rifle during a clearing operation in the hinterlands of Dalwangan in Malaybalay where the firefight occurred.
Colonel Francisco Pabayo, commander of the army’s 403rd Infantry Brigade, ordered his men to turn over the body to local officials in Dalwangan, Malaybalay, Bukidnon for proper disposition and to possibly identify the victim for relatives to claim, Osias said.
Osias said that the Fourth Infantry Division was sad the incident took place at a time when the Christian world was observing “Holy Week.”
He said the military also condemned the NPA rebels for leaving their comrades to die like rotten animals in the wilderness.
“We have no idea if the rebel-victim was still alive when left by his comrades. If ever, there it would have been possible saving the victim from dying,” Osias added.
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