From the Manila Bulletin (Dec 2): Outrage as 2nd soldier in NPA ambush dies
An indignation rally, led by mostly students, rolled out into the streets of Sagada, Mountain Province yesterday to deplore violence sowed by the New People’s Army (NPA) in the area as news spread that a second soldier wounded in Monday’s rebel ambush had died.
The military announced yesterday the deaths of Privates First Class (PFCs) Moses Ing-inga and Kidja Hancel Onnon, both from army’s 54th Infantry Battalion. Five other troopers wounded in the same ambush staged by the NPA around 10 p.m. Sunday are recuperating at the Bontoc General Hospital in Mountain Province.
The soldiers, it will be recalled, were attacked as they were returning from the three-day Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) at Sagada National High School in Sagada.
Yesterday, 400 students and teachers from Sagada National High School, Antadao National High School, Bangaan National High School and St. Mary High School, all in Sagada, staged a rally in Barangay Poblacion.
Joined by local officials and elders led by Sagada Mayor Eduardo T. Latawan, Jr., they deplored the violent attacks waged by the NPA in the province as the region tries to rise from the influence of insurgency and look forward to peace and progress.
Finch Luna, the Sagada YLS president, said the youth of Sagada were saddened over had what happened to the soldiers who taught them the proper way of reaching out to local folk and strive for genuine peace and development.
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In most instances, indignation rallies against the CPP/NPA are organized by local AFP psychological operations units, usually elements from the Civil-Military Operations Battalion or from the CMO staff office of the local military unit (S7/J7).
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