The Special Partisan Unit, or Sparu, the notorious hit squad of the New People’s Army (NPA), still exists, Director General Oscar Albayalde, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENTLast Saturday, Albayalde said in an interview with AM radio station DZBB that the PNP had not monitored activities of the Sparu, better known as Sparrow. But these are monitored and the Sparrow Unit has long been gone.] Albayalde said the capability of the hit squad should be addressed with an “equally-specialized counter measure” to reduce possible further attacks. Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte said he might be forced to create his own Sparrow Unit aimed to look for prospective members of the NPA.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 03, 2018 11:15 UTC