A former fighter of the New People’s Army (NPA) led authorities to a graveyard where a lumad was buried after being abducted and killed at highland Manobo community of Anas, Barangay Cabangahan, in Cantilan town, Surigao del Sur, on April 12, 2014, the military reported yesterday
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First Lt. Karl Jan S. Devaras, 41st Civil Military Operations (Magkahiusa) Company commander, said the former NPA fighter (name withheld for security reason), accompanied government authorities to the exact location of the graveyard of the murdered lumad at 3 a.m. Sunday in the vicinity of Kilometer 9, Purok Mam-on, Barangay Tubo-tubo, Cagwait town, Surigao del Sur.
“The skeletal remains of the lumad was retrieved thru the revelation of a former NPA who has just surrendered to military and police authorities in Surigao del Sur,” Devaras said.
Citing the statement of the NPA surrenderee, Devaras said the skeletal remains belonged to a lumad who was a member of the Manobo tribe in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur.
He further disclosed that the communist rebels murdered the tribesman for refusing to join the revolutionary movement.
He added that the remains of the lumad were turned over to government authorities in Surigao del Sur for further forensic examination and identification.
Lt. Col. Randolph Rojas, commander of the 36th IB based in Tago, Surigao del Sur condemned the NPA for killing another lumad.
“We condemn the NPAs for killing another lumad who does not want to join or cooperate with them and they also must stop occupying some Indigenous People communities in Surigao del Sur as their guerilla bases,” he said.
The ground Army commander added that it is very alarming that the NPA continue to sow terror on the lumad people despite their innocence and incapacity to fight.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/03/15/news/regional/grave-of-murdered-lumad-found/
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First Lt. Karl Jan S. Devaras, 41st Civil Military Operations (Magkahiusa) Company commander, said the former NPA fighter (name withheld for security reason), accompanied government authorities to the exact location of the graveyard of the murdered lumad at 3 a.m. Sunday in the vicinity of Kilometer 9, Purok Mam-on, Barangay Tubo-tubo, Cagwait town, Surigao del Sur.
“The skeletal remains of the lumad was retrieved thru the revelation of a former NPA who has just surrendered to military and police authorities in Surigao del Sur,” Devaras said.
Citing the statement of the NPA surrenderee, Devaras said the skeletal remains belonged to a lumad who was a member of the Manobo tribe in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur.
He further disclosed that the communist rebels murdered the tribesman for refusing to join the revolutionary movement.
He added that the remains of the lumad were turned over to government authorities in Surigao del Sur for further forensic examination and identification.
Lt. Col. Randolph Rojas, commander of the 36th IB based in Tago, Surigao del Sur condemned the NPA for killing another lumad.
“We condemn the NPAs for killing another lumad who does not want to join or cooperate with them and they also must stop occupying some Indigenous People communities in Surigao del Sur as their guerilla bases,” he said.
The ground Army commander added that it is very alarming that the NPA continue to sow terror on the lumad people despite their innocence and incapacity to fight.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/03/15/news/regional/grave-of-murdered-lumad-found/
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