A villager was wounded as armed men believed to be members
of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) assaulted a tribal village in
Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, the military reported Wednesday.
Capt. Norman Tagros, spokesperson of the Army’s 8th Infantry
Battalion based here, identified the wounded as Angelo "Loyloy"
Yanggahon, a member of the Umayamnon tribe, who sustained a gunshot wound in
his right arm.
Tagros said that Yanggahon has been undergoing treatment in
the Bukidnon Provincial
Hospital in Malaybalay City
He said that the NPA rebels believed to belong to the North
Central Mindanao Regional Committee fired their guns indiscriminately toward
the tribal village
of Miaray
Tagros said that the terrified Lumads of the Umayamnon tribe
fled toward the outskirts of the tribal village as the tribe’s cultural guards
known “Baganis” could do nothing but witnessed the unfolding terror.
Tagros said that the local authorities are still determining
the number of evacuees who have fled to the town proper as the military mounted
a combat operation in the area.
In a statement, Lt. Col. Lennon G. Babilonia, commanding
officer of the army’s 8IB, accused the NPA rebels of atrocities committed
against the tribal communities in the borders of Bukidnon and Agusan Del Sur.
He said that the military is investigating into the motive
of the NPA in attacking the tribal communities in Northern
Mindanao .
“We assure our people, especially our Lumad brothers, that
the military will bring the perpetrators of these atrocities to justice while
continuing the service to secure the tribal communities,” Babilonia said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=831294
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