About fifty New People’s Army (NPA) fighters attacked a pig farm in the town of Libona, Bukidnon province, setting fire to a feed storehouse and then attacking the area which held about 560 pigs.
The communist rebels burned some pigs and hacked others to death – some news reports say the death toll was minimal, others say it was in the hundreds.
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Local leaders believe the farm refused to pay extortion money from the NPA rebels and the event was in retaliation for non-payment.
To date, at least 30.000 people have been murdered and killed by the NPA – with declining numbers over the past 30-years, the rebels still are mounting deadly attacks throughout the Philippines, not just in Mindanao.
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