From the Police Beat section of the Visayan Daily Star (Oct 29): Soldier killed; landmine, guns
recovered in
encounter site
The New People’s Army in Western Visayas continues to use landmines that are
banned under the International Humanitarian Law, as shown by their recovery of
one yesterday by government troopers in Leon, Iloilo, after an encounter, Army
regional spokesman Maj. Enrico Gil Ileto said yesterday. Ileto said the landmine, that was connected to 22 meters of electrical wire
without a switch, was recovered by the 82nd Infantry Battalion soldiers, while
scouring the encounter site in Brgy. Bucari, Leon, Iloilo. The encounter claimed the life of PFC John Philip Durana, and the recovery of
an M-14 assault rifle with five rounds of ammunition, among others, at the
encounter site. Despite the killing of Durana, Major General Jose Mabanta, 3rd Infantry
Division commander, in a statement, said their persistent call for peace with
the people will continue, adding that the armed struggle has become not only
anti-government, but anti-people as well. “We will not falter in our resolve to send to let the NPA hear the call of
the people for peace", Mabanta added. He reiterated his call to the NPA to refrain from using banned weapons, as
agreed upon between the Government of the Philippines and the Communist Party of
the Philippines' National Democratic Front under the Comprehensive Agreement on
the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/October/29/police.htm
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