LAS NAVAS, Northern Samar, Apr. 30 -- The unidentified CNT who was killed and abandoned by his comrades during an encounter with the elements of the 20th Infantry (WE LEAD) Battalion of the 8th Infantry (STORMTROOPERS) Division, Philippine Army in the hinterland of Brgy. P. Rebadulla, Catubig, Northern Samar was laid to his final resting place on Tuesday, April 28.
The slain CNT was airlifted by the Philippine Air Force helicopter from the encounter site to the town proper of Catubig, Northern Samar.
His remains was received by the local government unit of Catubig for post mortem examination and was accorded with appropriate religious rights by Reverend Father Cyril Paredes prior his interment to the public cemetery of said town.
Lieutenant Colonel Juan Gullem, 20th Infantry Battalion commander is saddened by the plight of the slain NPA who was carried by WE LEAD Troopers to the landing zone, after he was abandoned and neglected by his coward comrades.
“The situation only shows the real color of Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) where they manipulated the minds of their victims to wage war against the government but unable to protect them in times of trouble, he said. As professional soldiers, we have to respect the dignity of the dead, a humanely act that the CTGs failed and cannot do the same to their fallen comrade,” he added. (20th IB, 8ID)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1040575
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