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NTF-ELCAC: No massacre in Toboso, Reds given chance to surrender but they refused
MANILA, Philippines — The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Friday rejected claims that the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental was a massacre, insisting that New People’s Army (NPA) members were repeatedly urged to surrender but refused. In a statement, NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Ernesto Torres Jr. said all 19 individuals killed in the incident were combatants who died during a legitimate armed engagement with government forces. &
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