CEBU CITY—At least 19 members of an indigenous people’s (IP) group based in Davao del Norte province had been taken into custody in what authorities described as a “rescue operation” that saw IP children screaming as they were being dragged by their supposed rescuers out of a room in one of the city’s top universities early on Monday (Feb. 15).
According to Brig. Gen. Ronnie Montejo, Central Visayas police chief, said the rescue operation was launched after parents of at least six of the indigenous children sought authorities’ help.
“Accordingly (sic) these children were taken by group members without their parents’ consent,” he said at a press conference on Monday afternoon.
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