Two persons were killed after suspected communist rebels staged an anti-personnel mine attack in Barangay Magsaysay in Las Navas, Northern Samar on Saturday. | rdejonINQ /PDI
The two victims were workers of the farm-to-market road construction that will connect the interior barangays of Las Navas, Northern Samar.
“This is not the first APM attack by the CPP-NPA-NDF [Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front] in Northern Samar that killed innocent civilians and members of the armed forces,” said Lt. Joyce Ann Baron, 20 Infantry Battalion spokesperson. The incident, she said, showed that the CPP-NPA-NDF once again committed a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law in Northern Samar.Your subscription has been successful.
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