AGUSAN DEL SUR (DWDD) – Members of the indigenous peoples (Lumads) belonging to the Talaandig tribe in La Paz, Agusan del Sur who recently fled to Cabanglasan town in the province of Bukidnon due to alleged barbaric murder of one of their elders perpetrated by the NPA, revealed their miserable life in the hands of the rebels. Lilongan Bucalas or Datu Manlomakad recalled how his brother, Rene Bucalas or Datu Manhadukan Sandigan, was brutally murdered by an estimated 200 NPA members under Junie Tilucan alias WATIWIT of Pulang Bagani Yunit or SPP1, SECOM-89, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC), in broad daylight on that horrific day of October 3, 2015.
The victim was about to collect firewood from a nearby forested area when he was mercilessly shot repeatedly by the rebels using their high-powered firearms. The NPA assailants threatened the other tribe members to suffer the same fate if they will not support the group, just before they left the area.
Meanwhile, Datu Manlomakad and the other villagers retrieved the cadaver of his brother, whom they claim to be almost broken into pieces with the head blown away by the immense number of bullets fired at him. It was a gory sight especially for the children recalls Datu Manlomakad, who after burying the body of his brother on that same day, have decided to leave their village together with the other members of their tribe and seek refuge in their relatives in Bukidnon.
Meantime, Ronie Bucalas, 13 years old, and son of Datu Manlomakad, has also suffered a painful ordeal when their house was fired upon by NPA rebels in August 2002, when he was just a five-month old baby. He was hit by a bullet on his right forehead causing a broken skull. He survived the incident and has suffered from it up to this moment, reveals Datu Manlomakad.
Ronie is among the Talaandig Lumads who fled their village and braved the unforgiving forest out of fear for the NPA rebels.
“Since that moment when the NPA rebels started murdering our tribe members in 1992, we have been dislocated and lived our lives in fear, transfering from one area to another. They already killed 10 of my fellow tribesmen including my brother. The only reason that I believe is driving these rebels to continually abuse us is that we do not want to join them in their armed struggle. Until that horrid day of October 3, 2015, we decided we have had enough and the only choice that’s left for us is to leave our ancestral land and seek refuge here in Cabanglasan.” says Lilongan Bucalas or Datu Manlomakad.
Among the 86 Lumads who fled from their village in the boundary of Bukidnon and Agusan del Sur are 53 males, 33 females while 29 are minors. The local government unit of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon and the 8th Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army are now coordinating the conduct of a relief operations for the dislocated Lumads. 4DPAO / MCAG
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