MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) attack on a police unit in Labo, Camarines Norte, stressing that no amount of ideology cannot justify atrocities and killings.
According to CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia, their regional office in Bicol Region is already conducting an investigation on the incident, which left five police officers dead and two other officers injured.
Reports over the weekend showed that the Labo police’s 2nd Police Mobile Force Company was on patrol duty last Friday when the NPA rebels ambushed the group. NPA and the Communist Party of the Philippines have confirmed the attack in an e-mail mes…
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