JABONGA, Agusan del Norte, Philippines — A tribal leader kidnapped by suspected New People’s Army rebels on Monday was found dead on Tuesday.
Lt. Sael Teroy, town police chief, identified the victim as Mamanwa tribal chieftain Rodito Buklas, 41, a resident of Sitio Tagbuaya, Barangay Bangonay. His body bore stab wounds.
Teroy said Buklas was snatched from his farm in Sitio Tagbuaya. – Emmanuel Tupas