Army hands over slain NPA-Northern Mindanao leader's body to grieving family

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – In a small courtyard outside a funeral parlor in Gingoog City, military officials handed over the remains of Dionisio Micabalo, the top leader of the New People’s Army in Northern Mindanao, to his family on Saturday, July 29.

Orio said “Muling,” the 61-year-old NPA leader, hailed from Dangcagan town, and his family wanted him to be buried there. Micabalo, who was the secretary-general of the NPA North Central Mindanao Regional Committee, was killed during a brief firefight with soldiers from the Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Libertad, Gingoog City, on July 27.The Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion commander, Colonel Christian Uy, said they had been monitoring the movements of Micabalo and his group after he moved to Gingoog City from the Mount Pantaron range in Bukidnon, where he used to be based.

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