Buenavista, a mountain barangay in Himamaylan, reels from clashes between government and rebel forces, and both sides' human rights violations.
MANILA, Philippines – Relatives of a couple and their two minor children massacred on Wednesday evening, June 14 in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental are in the dark about the identity of the killers.
Higgins however, said that when she was asked about details of the incidents, Emilda could not categorically identify Army soldiers as the culpritsGovernment officials, rights defenders, and the New People’s Army have all condemned the incident, particularly bloody even by the standards of conflict-rocked Negros Occidental.Photos show Emilda’s cadaver just outside the hut’s doorway, her skull shattered, and her left leg riddled with bullet wounds.
“At this point, there are already allegations that the incident was insurgency-related and allegedly linked to the New People’s Army. But there is also an allegation linking it to the Philippine Army. All possible angles will be pursued in the course of CHR’s independent investigation,” the CHR statement said.
The Himamaylan City police said Emely Herminio, the oldest daughter of the Fausto couple reported the crime early morning of June 15. The 94 IB on its Facebook page, shared an interview, quoting its commander, Colonel Van Donald Almonte, as claiming Roly “was an intelligence asset of the Philippine Army.”
They first interrogated Emilda and conducted “an illegal search inside the house, with scattered clothes on the floor apparent after the search.”
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