Army condemns NPA attacks in BukidnonBy The Manila Timeshome/News/Regions/Army condemns NPA attacks in BukidnonILIGAN CITY: The Philippine Army condemned the recent attacks by alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) on a police station in San Fernando, Bukidnon. Gen. Edgardo de Leon, commander of the 403rd Infantry Brigade (403IB), said the NPA attacks on a police station were against International Humanitarian Law (IHL). They are not involved in counter-insurgency operations, thus are protected by [International] Humanitarian Law,” de Leon said. He also said the attacks were condemnable, as the NPA terrorists did not exercise “precaution” in firing their guns amid a civilian populated area. “The CPP-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front) must discipline the NPA by directing the NPA to respect Humanitarian Law… Karapatan, which pretends to be the watchdog of IHL, must investigate the growing number of IHL violations perpetrated by NPA terrorists in Bukidnon,” he added.

Source: Manila Times June 15, 2019 19:41 UTC