LUCENA CITY —- The groups searching for the other victims of simultaneous police operations in the Calabarzon region on Sunday were also targeted by state security forces.
Cristina Palabay, Karapatan national secretary-general, said their “quick reaction teams” (QRT) were having difficulty locating other victims, including those reported missing.
“The QRTs were also being pursued (by government forces),” Palabay said in an online interview Monday.
On Sunday midnight, the Police Regional Office 4A based in Camp Vicente Lim in Canlubang, Laguna issued a report that nine persons died, six arrested, and nine others were the subjects of police manhunts.
The nine fatalities were …
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