MANILA, Philippines — A soldier, who was on his way home, was held and blindfolded before he was fatally shot by alleged members of communist New People's Army in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Army (PA) said on Thursday. PA said the victim was identified as Pvt Mayuay Onaw, a soldier from the 4th Infantry 'Scorpion' Battalion and a member of Tao Buhid tribe. 'He was only doing peace development works before he was killed,' the PA said of Onaw in a statement. Onaw, together with his two children and four other locals, were returning home to Sitio Danlog after buying construction materials at a nearby village when they were fired upon by eight fully-armed Maoist rebels on Wednesday, according to the Army.

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