'I tended to the bodies': attacked by the Philippine army
by Jonathan Watts from Environment | The Guardian on (#3V9WE)
Villagers massacred amid conflict between indigenous community and coffee plantation
When the soldiers opened fire on Datal Bonglangon village, there was first confusion, then terror, then grief. But Marivic Danyan - one of the younger, quieter members of the community - decided to be strong. Reluctantly, heartbreakingly strong.
The young T'boli woman had been preparing lunch when her remote, indigenous community on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao was peppered with gunfire. One bullet ripped into the wooden wall beside her. Another pierced the corrugated tin roof.