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| Southeast Asia |
| Maoist miliatnts kill three Mindanao militiamen |
| 2015-07-23 |
| {Gulf Today] Heavily armed New People's Army militants gunned down three unarmed militiamen who belonged to an indigenous group in Misamis Oriental province. Provincial military spokesman Captain Joe Patrick Martinez said the militiamen, all members of the Higaonon tribe, were heading to their barracks on board a motorcycle on Sunday when they were stopped by the militants in a village in Gingoog City. Martinez said, "They lined them up and shot them at pointblank," adding that attempts to rescue the militiamen were foiled by heavy gunfire from the militants. The killing occurred five days after the communist rebels sought a 10-day suspension of military operations to prepare for the release of a soldier, identified as Private First Class Adonis Jess Maghanoy, they seized in another village in Gingoog City on July 11. Maghanoy was taken captive in a raid staged by the NPA that also resulted in the death of another soldier and the wounding of 10 others, including two civilians. |
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