A Christian vigilante group known as the Ilagas, warned yesterday that it will start executing 10 Muslim rebels headbangers for every civilian killed as violence in Mindanao intensifies.Â
Christian group vow to ‘execute’ Muslim rebels terrorists in Philippines
A Philippine Christian vigilante group warned yesterday that it will start executing 10 Muslim rebels for every civilian killed, as violence in the south of the country intensifies.
The Reform Ilaga Movement, dormant for decades after gaining prominence in the 1970s during the early stages of the rebellion, have again been in the spotlight in the face of a new campaign by Muslim rebels.
Rebels Muhammedan headbangers last week killed scores of people in attacks on Christian villages and towns in fighting that has intensified since a breakdown in talks to end the insurgency by creating a semi-autonomous Muslim region. Â
Rebels Muhammedan headbangers last week killed scores of people in attacks on Christian villages and towns in fighting that has intensified since a breakdown in talks to end the insurgency by creating a semi-autonomous Muslim region. Â
“If the fighting continues, for every civilian killed, we will execute 10 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels,” said Mike Santiago, a spokesman for the vigilante movement.
“We are for arming civilians in areas targeted by MILF and for them to defend their families and property,” he told reporters in his hideout camp in the south of the country.
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