Duterte visits wake of slain cops Report by Eric Ayop, ABS-CBN News DAVAO - Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of two members of the Philippine National Police 45th Special Action Force who were killed in an encounter with communist rebels last Tuesday. The mayor also visited six Special Action Force members who were wounded in the encounter and are now recuperating at the Southern Philippines Medical Center . Duterte said the local government will help pay for the medical treatment of the six policemen. Elements of the 84th Infantry Battalion and the SAF attacked a makeshift camp of the New Peoples Army sub-regional command in Barangay Barracatan, Toril District Tuesday morning. One soldier was also wounded in the encounter. The mayor said there are no winners in the fight between the NPA and local authorities. I ask the NPA to avoid encounter. Nobody wins. Kahit nagpapatayan kayo e kapwa Pinoy pa rin tayo. Walang mananalo, he said.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 05:51:29 +0000