Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad has
challenged the New People's Army (NPA) to surrender to authorities the
perpetrators behind the bloody ambush, which killed four civilians and wounded
four others at Barangay Marfil, Rosario town, Agusan Del Rosario last Nov. 30.
"No amount of sorry and indemnification is enough, we
cannot bring the victims’ lives back especially Jenny and the child on her
womb. Justice must be served. Surrender your men and subject them to the rule
of law for violating the International Humanitarian Law and disrespect to Human
Rights,” Baladad said.
He also questioned the sincerity of the apology extended by
an NPA using a pseudonym and the inaction of the rebels in previous incidents
where NPAs targeted and killed civilians deliberately.
“Who will believe them? They are extending an apology using
pseudonym, who is she? What happens to NPAs who perpetrated the Bansalan, Davao
Del Sur ambush on March 2, 2014 against a Disaster Response Ambulance? The
Libay-libay, Maco massacre in 2011 and the Maragusan massacre in 2010? What
responsibility has so far been made by the rebels on these murders?” the
Eastern Mindanao Command chief asked.
The Barangay Marfil massacre took place when 20 NPA fighters
fired on ambulance, carrying 11 civilians on their way back to Sitio Latay
after attending a thanksgiving mass in Wayside Baptist Church, 5: 30 p.m. last
Nov. 30.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=715647
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