Wounded workers in NPA attack to be indemnified

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist leaders have ordered rebels to indemnify four emergency workers wounded in a roadside explosion while on their way to evacuate government soldiers injured in clashes with the New People’s Army (NPA) in southern Philippines.

It was not immediately known how much the rebels would indemnify the four workers but Rubi del Mundo, a spokesperson for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), said the NPA has apologized for the attack that wounded Genaro Doronio Dumayas, Bonita de la Cruz, Arnel Comandante Veloroso and Alberto Simbajon Cabual in the village of Managa in Davao del Sur’s Bansalan town during a tactical offensive.