Insurgents kill mine worker, take two
By Al Jacinto
The Manila Times – www.manilatimes.net
Monday, 15 March 2010
DAVAO CITY: Communist insurgents killed a gold mine worker and abducted his two brothers in a raid on a village in the southern Filipino province of Compostela Valley, security officials said on Sunday.
Officials said the New People’s Army insurgents shot and killed Felix Valiente Jr. after he resisted the gunmen late Friday in the village of Calbcab in Maco town. The gunmen also seized his brothers, one of them a former insurgent, who surrendered to the military several years ago.
“In a show of ruthlessness, New People’s Army [NPA] terrorists shot dead a mine worker while two more of the victim’s brothers were abducted in the village. Felix shot dead when he resisted to go with the terrorists while his two brothers identified as Jamil Valiente and Jimboy Valiente were taken at gunpoint,” said Captain Emmanuel Garcia, a spokesman for the 10th Infantry Division.
“Local residents believe that the crime was done in light of the continued refusal of the victims’ other brother to rejoin the NPA. Felix they say have repeatedly rebuked the NPAs in trying to convince his other brother, a rebel returnee known with his nom de guerre as Aying, to rejoin the local terrorists,” Garcia said.
He said the NPA also killed four other people, including a 13-year-old girl, in separate attacks in Davao since earlier this year.
“The NPA publicly admitted carrying out several killings—targeting civilians, soldiers—conducting peace and development projects, unwary policemen and unarmed government militias to include village officials and elders of indigenous communities who oppose the communist influence in Mindanao,” Garcia said.
There was no immediate statement from the NPA about the allegations. The NPA is the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, which has been waging a secessionist war for decades for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country.
Minero pinaslang, 2 utol dinukot ng NPA
By Al Jacinto
Abante – www.abante.com.ph
Lunes, Marso 15, 2010
DAVAO CITY --- Isang gold miner ang diumano’y binaril at napatay ng New People’s Army (NPA) samantalang ang dalawang kapatid ng biktima ay dinukot naman sa lalawigan ng Compostela Valley sa Mindanao.
Sinabi kahapon ng militar na si Felix Valiente Jr. ay pinatay nang tumanggi itong sumama sa mga rebelde kamakalawa sa Barangay Calcab sa bayan ng Maco.
Tinangay rin ng mga armado ang dalawang kapatid ni Felix at nabatid na isa sa kanila ay dating rebelde na sumuko sa pamahalaan ilang taon na ang nakaraan.
“In a show of ruthlessness, New People’s Army terrorists shot dead a mine worker while two more of the victim’s brothers were abducted in the village. Felix shot dead when he resisted to go with the terrorists while his two brothers identified as Jamil Valiente and Jimboy Valiente were taken at gunpoint,” ani Captain Emmanuel Garcia, ang spokesman ng 10th Infantry Division.
“Local residents believe that the crime was done in light of the continued refusal of the victims’ other brother to rejoin the NPA. Felix they say have repeatedly rebuked the NPAs in trying to convince his other brother, a rebel returnee known with his nom de guerre as Aying, to rejoin the local terrorists,” dagdag pa ni Garcia.
Sinabi pa ni Garcia na apat-katao rin ang pinaslang ng NPA, kabilang ang isang 13-anyos na batang babae nitong taon lamang sa hiwalay na atake sa Davao.
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