Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Nov 29, 2020): Troops kill lawmaker’s daughter in clash with rebels
Special Forces killed a Filipino leftist lawmaker’s daughter in fierce clashes in the town of Marihatag in Surigao del Sur province on Mindanao region, officials announced Sunday.
Military photos show the body of New People's Army rebel Jevilyn Campos Cullamat and weapons recovered by army soldiers following a clash in Surigao del Sur's Marihatag town on Saturday, November 28, 2020. (Mindanao Examiner)
Officials said the weekend fighting broke out in the village called San Isidro where members of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion battled with over two dozen communist rebels and killing the 22-year old Jevilyn Campos Cullamat, whose mother is Congresswoman Eufemia Campos Cullamat.
The lawmaker belongs to the Bayan Muna partylist group which is being linked by Philippine authorities to the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing the New People’s Army where her daughter was a member.
Officials said the slain rebel was under the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda – Guerrilla Front 19 of the Northeastern Regional Committee. The fighting last about 45 minutes and there was no report of military casualties.
Soldiers also recovered assorted automatic rifles from the battle scene, including the body of Cullamat and her weapon. The lawmaker confirmed the killing of her daughter, but showed no remorse.
The NPA has been fighting for many decades now trying to overthrow the democratic government and establish its communist state. (Mindanao Examiner)
http://mindanaoexaminernewspaper.blogspot.com/2020/11/troops-kill-lawmakers-daughter-in-clash.html
The lawmaker belongs to the Bayan Muna partylist group which is being linked by Philippine authorities to the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing the New People’s Army where her daughter was a member.
Officials said the slain rebel was under the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda – Guerrilla Front 19 of the Northeastern Regional Committee. The fighting last about 45 minutes and there was no report of military casualties.
Soldiers also recovered assorted automatic rifles from the battle scene, including the body of Cullamat and her weapon. The lawmaker confirmed the killing of her daughter, but showed no remorse.
The NPA has been fighting for many decades now trying to overthrow the democratic government and establish its communist state. (Mindanao Examiner)
http://mindanaoexaminernewspaper.blogspot.com/2020/11/troops-kill-lawmakers-daughter-in-clash.html
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