Right groups have called for an investigation into soldiers’ “brutal” killing of eight unarmed individuals in Negros Oriental and Masbate, whom the soldiers through government press releases later alleged were rebels.
MANILA, Philippines — Rights groups have condemned military personnel’s “disturbingly familiar script” in tagging the eight civilians it killed in a single day — on September 21 — as alleged members of the New People’s Army.
The six other civilians massacred in Negros Occidental were aboard a tricycle and unarmed when the military fired at them, Karapatan said. Since the Duterte administration, state forces have increasingly red-tagged and killed farmers and peasant leaders perceived as NPA sympathizers or sources of opposition to the government.
“In a disturbingly familiar script, the perpetrators later claimed that the couple were NPA members killed in a military encounter,” Karapatan said. “The six, all of whom were unarmed, were reportedly aboard a tricycle traveling along Sitio Lubi when soldiers from the 47th IBPA suddenly fired at them. The 47th IBPA later falsely reported that the six were killed in a 10-minute armed encounter,” the group added.
"These victims were either civilians or unarmed combatants who posed no threat, yet they were deliberately targeted and brutally killed by government soldiers,” Brosas said. The government is ready to lift the price ceilings it imposed on rice due to decreasing prices in the global and domestic...
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