LEGAZPI CITY—The New People’s Army (NPA) Romulo Jallores and Jose Rapsing Commands issued on Tuesday a joint statement taking full responsibility for their members’ mistake when they detonated a land mine that killed Far Eastern University football player Kieth Absalon and his cousin Nolven Absalon on Sunday.
“The NPA takes full responsibility for the errors it committed when it mounted an offensive against government forces that led to the death of Kieth and his cousin Nolven,” Raymundo Buenfuerza, spokesperson of the NPA Romulo Jallores Command (RJC) operating in Bicol, said in a statement posted on their website.
Buenfuerza said the offensive was never intended to hurt or …
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