Fact-finding team claims civilians among 19 killed in Negros clash

A fact-finding team reported that six of the 19 people killed in an April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental, were civilian peasant advocates, contradicting the military's claim that all were combatants.

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6 civilians among 19 killed in Negros clash, says fact-finding team

BACOLOD CITY—Six of the 19 people killed in the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental, were civilian peasant advocates and organizers, contradicting the military’s claim that all those killed were combatants, members of a National Fact-Finding and Solidarity Mission (NFSM) said Friday. At a press briefing here, Karapatan deputy secretary general Sol Taule identified

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