THE New People’s Army (NPA) used a command- detonated explosive to hit a group of soldiers leading a paramilitary unit last Wednesday in Paquibato District, Davao City, seriously wounding two troopers and six Cafgu members. In a statement, Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesman of the Merardo Arce Command (MAC) that leads the NPA in Southern Mindanao, said the blast was a punitive action against “the 10th Infantry Division-Armed Forces of the Philippines to counter its atrocious methods of terrorizing the peasant and Lumad masses in Paquibato District, Davao City.” The attack took place 2:20 p.m. in Km. 24, Pamantawan, Barangay Malibog, he said. Elements of the NPA’s 1st Pulang Bagani Co. said the explosive was set off against three elements of the 72nd Infantry Battalion elements and 10 Alamara and Blackfighter bandits. “The explosive is meant to warn the Lumad bandits and 10th ID-AFP from further exploiting and abusing the indigenous Manobos of Paquibato for its reign of terror and counterrevolutionary operations....
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