KIDAPAWAN CITY: North Cotabato officials including various sectors in the region have condemned the Monday’s attacks staged by the suspected New People’s Army (NPA) in barangays Caridad and Bituan in Tulunan town of North Cotabato, using an internationally ban “landmine” weapon, that left eight soldiers dead and five others wounded.

Officials of the North Cotabato province led by Governor Emmyloue Taliño-Mendoza issued separate statements after receiving reports of the death of eight soldiers and wounding of five others in the attacks.