DECENT BURIAL. Local officials, police and military authorities bury on Wednesday (Feb. 5, 2020) the remains of two communist rebels slain in clashes with government forces in Senator Ninoy Aquino town, Sultan Kudarat on Jan. 30, 2020. The burial was arranged after the remains of the two rebels remained unclaimed at a local funeral parlor. (Photo courtesy of SNA LGU)
Two communist rebels killed in a recent clash with government forces were given a decent burial by the local government unit (LGU) of Senator Ninoy Aquino town in Sultan Kudarat province on Wednesday afternoon.
“They too are Filipinos, we may have different ideology and belief, but they are our brothers and sisters,” said Mayor Randy Ecija Jr. in the vernacular during the burial ceremony attended by police, military, and local officials.
The remains of the two New People’s Army (NPA) members were retrieved by government forces at the clash site in Barangay Bugso following an encounter on January 30.
Found with the slain NPAs were an M16 rifle, an M14 rifle, a .45-caliber pistol, and ammunition. The bodies were turned over to a local funeral parlor but were not claimed by anybody.
Ecija said the LGU had conducted repeated calls through the social media, radio stations and even coordinated with the local officials of nearby towns to determine if they have missing constituents.
“However, nobody showed up to claim the remains,” he said.
Ecija said local religious leaders were called to administer burial rites before they were laid to rest. He also appealed to his constituents to reject recruitment activities by the rebels.
Lt. Colonel Robert Go, Army’s 37th Infantry Battalion commander, also joined the burial at the town cemetery.
The NPA, together with the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the governments of the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Australia, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093153
“They too are Filipinos, we may have different ideology and belief, but they are our brothers and sisters,” said Mayor Randy Ecija Jr. in the vernacular during the burial ceremony attended by police, military, and local officials.
The remains of the two New People’s Army (NPA) members were retrieved by government forces at the clash site in Barangay Bugso following an encounter on January 30.
Found with the slain NPAs were an M16 rifle, an M14 rifle, a .45-caliber pistol, and ammunition. The bodies were turned over to a local funeral parlor but were not claimed by anybody.
Ecija said the LGU had conducted repeated calls through the social media, radio stations and even coordinated with the local officials of nearby towns to determine if they have missing constituents.
“However, nobody showed up to claim the remains,” he said.
Ecija said local religious leaders were called to administer burial rites before they were laid to rest. He also appealed to his constituents to reject recruitment activities by the rebels.
Lt. Colonel Robert Go, Army’s 37th Infantry Battalion commander, also joined the burial at the town cemetery.
The NPA, together with the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the governments of the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Australia, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093153
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