ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels on Friday owned up to the killing of a tribal leader they accused of being behind the murder of an Italian missionary in North Cotabato in 2011.

Rigoberto Sanchez, a spokesman for the New People’s Army (NPA), said rebel forces killed Ruben Labawan, a leader of the militia group called Alamara, in Panabo City on July 6.

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