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Left disputes police tag on 14 killed in Negros Oriental, insists they are farmers

 Rights groups on March 31 condemned what they called a "massacre" of 14 farmers by police in the central Philippines

At least fourteen alleged members of the New People's Army were killed in joint army and police operations in Negros Oriental, but leftist groups insist the victims were innocent farmers.


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By Nick Melgar

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At least fourteen alleged members of the New People's Army were killed in joint army and police operations in Negros Oriental, but leftist groups insist the victims were innocent farmers.


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