The military says former activist and journalist Nikka Dela Cruz died during an encounter in July but the New People's Army (NPA) claims she was captured alive and killed.
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Nikka dela Cruz, a former Cebu-based journalist and activist, was among four confirmed communist rebels killed in a clash with the military in Negros Occidental on July 6.
She graduated with a journalism degree from the University of San Jose – Recoletos and was a former staff of the local alternative media outlet ANINAW Productions. However, the NPA, through Magbanua, claimed in a statement that the communist rebels were not killed during an encounter, but instead, “slaughtered”.
Police patrolman Randy Yurag of the Medellin Police Station told Rappler that the person accused of spying was identified as Adriano Antipuesto of the 53rd Engineering Brigade.When he was approached, Antipuesto tried convincing the family that he was only a distant relative. De la Cruz’s older sibling who was at the wake debunked his claim.
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