BAGUIO CITY: Indigenous peoples (IPs) have expressed alarm over continuing killings among their ranks, including the death of a farmer in Kalinga allegedly by members of the Army’s 50th Infantry Battalion.

Rei Paulin, of the Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders (IPHRD) Philippines, said the recent victim was Joaquin Cadagcan, who was reportedly shot by a soldier from the 50th Infantry Battalion on July 9 while on his way back to his village coming from a night watch for wild pigs destroying their crops.