The Compostela Valley-based 10th Infantry Division strongly
condemns New People's Army (NPA) rebels for mutilating the bodies of three of
its soldiers killed during a clash in Barangay Rizal, Monkayo town last Aug. 5.
Capt. Rhyan Batchar, 10th Infantry Division public affairs
office chief, said the cadavers of Cpl. Jimmy Bayta, Cpl. Gilmar Mapa and Pfc.
Rolen Roy Sarmiento, all members of the 25th Infantry Battalion were mutilated
by the rebels shortly after the firefight at Km 56, Barangay Rizal, of the above-mentioned
town.
"The Regional Crime Laboratory Office (RCLO) 11 of the
Philippine National Police (PNP) conducted an autopsy on the cadavers of Cpl.
Bayta and Pfc. Sarmiento. The family of Pfc. Mapa did not submit his cadaver
for autopsy.
As per the autopsy report of RCLO 11, the cadavers of Cpl.
Bayta and Pfc. Sarmiento sustained multiple gunshot wounds and hack wounds on
different parts of the head and neck.
"The cadaver of Cpl. Bayta has an incised wound
transecting and fracturing the larynx and the thyroid cartilage at the anterior
neck. The cadaver of Pfc. Sarmiento has hacked wounds in the head and
neck," he added.
Batchar said autopsy reports showed that the rebels used
sharp-edge tools to slash the neck of Bayta and Sarmiento.
"We are deeply saddened that our hero soldiers were
subjected to barbaric and inhumane acts by the NPAs in complete violation of
International Humanitarian Law.
With this, the AFP is determined to use legitimate force
against any armed threats in accordance with the principles of human rights and
other war conventions on the protection of the combatants and non-combatants,
he added.
"We will endeavor on bringing this barbaric acts
committed by the NPA on the dead bodies of our soldiers to the attention of the
Government of the Philippines Panel as these are clear violations of the
Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and the International
Humanitarian Law," Batchar stressed.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=912818
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