A Mother’s Plea, a City’s Madness- Davao Today
September 06, 2010

A Mother’s Plea, a City’s Madness

Published on December 3, 2006 | one comment

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By Carlos H. Conde

Clarita AliaClarita Alia lost three of her children to the Davao Death Squad. Her youngest is fighting for his life.

The voice on the other end was trembling. “Sir, I really need your help.” The voice — soft, slightly stuttering, but harrowingly sad — was one of the most heart-rending I’ve ever heard. “My son has been stabbed,” the woman said, weeping now. “We’re now at the DMC (Davao Medical Center) and we have no money for medicine, for food. Please have mercy on us.”

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One Comment to “A Mother’s Plea, a City’s Madness”

  1. » Forbidden report? Slaughter of innocents says:
    May 29, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    [...] murdered by gunmen riding on motorcycle respectively in the city. Three years later, one mother, Clarita Alia, had her fourth and remaining son killed in the same way. Four years on, this report can hardly be [...]

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