AMBUSH | Army corporal killed while returning to camp in Zamboanga Sur

From InterAksyon (Nov 14): AMBUSH | Army corporal killed while returning to camp in Zamboanga Sur

An Army corporal returning to camp onboard a motorcycle was killed in an ambush by 10 New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday afternoon. Corporal Anthony Bahala was on his way back to camp after verifying reports that NPA rebels in Barangay Dalapan were engaged in extortion, Captain Alberto Caber, spokesman of the Army's 1st Infantry Division, said. Bahala was waylaid by the rebels from the NPA's Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC) at the boundaries of Bugwak and Dalapan, Lt. Col. Victor Tanggawohn Jr., commander of the 53rd Infantry Battalion, said. Although he was able to return fire, Bahala was overpowered. “Traces of blood were seen by the first responders at a vegetated area where the assailants were positioned. A joint Army-PNP pursuit operation against the gunmen is ongoing,” Tanggawohn said. Communist rebels have been waging a war with the government for the past four decades.

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