BACOLOD CITY --- Fourteen persons were killed in two towns and one city in Negros Oriental on Saturday in coordinated operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Army against illegal firearms held by suspected communist rebels. A police officer was also wounded and 15 people who were the subjects of search warrants were arrested. But human rights groups accused the police and soldiers of targeting leaders and members of militant organizations, pointing out that among those killed were the head of a militant farmers group in Canlaon City and several of its members. Col. Raul Tacaca, director of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, said eight were kille...
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