Legarda, who strongly condemned the killing, expressed her outrage over reports that the victims were farmers on their way to harvest their produce when the shooting happened. ADVERTISEMENT“I seek justice for the death of these lumads who were just doing their harvest for the day when they were killed,” Legarda said. “This is an atrocious act that must be dealt with using the full force of the law.”“I urge authorities to investigate this incident and bring the perpetrators to justice,” Legarda said. Palabay said the lumad farmers were on their way to their farms when they were gunned down in Sitio Datal Bonglangon, a T’boli-Manobo community located within the vast coffee plantation of Silvicultural Industries Inc.-DMCI. Legarda said she was also aware of reports that the incident involved a dispute on the ancestral land of the lumad.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 24, 2017 20:15 UTC