THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Wednesday disputed a claim by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that a boy who died in an encounter in Davao del Sur was a “child soldier.”

In a statement, the CPP said that Rondi Ondo, 15, who was killed on Saturday in the clash in Barangay Astorga, “was with his uncle and cousin collecting coconuts when operating troops of the AFP fired upon them mistaking them for NPA fighters.”

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