Like rabid dogs, troops of the 12th IB sowed terror in Janiuay, Iloilo from August 5 until the second week of the month.

New People’s Army (NPA)-Panay spokesperson Ju­rie Guer­re­ro disclosed that seven farmers were mauled by the soldiers in Barangay Ati­mo­nan, Ja­niuay. Two civilians were also detained and coerced to serve as guides in combat operations. Soldiers also confiscated the handmade guns used by farmers in self-defense. Soldiers threatened, interrogated and accused the residents as members of the NPA. Their farms were also destroyed.

To justify the atrocity, the 12th IB peddled a fake news about an encounter in the same area on August 8.