Monday, December 3, 2012

CAFGU slain in Army-NPA clash in N. Cotabato town

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 4): CAFGU slain in Army-NPA clash in N. Cotabato town

A member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was killed when government forces clashed anew with communist guerrillas in a remote village in Magpet town in North Cotabato Monday morning. Lt. Nasrullah Sema, chief of the civil military operations of the 57th Infantry Battalion of the Army, identified the slain CAFGU as Daniel Masang. Sema said their soldiers were conducting combat patrol operations at Sitio Malinahon, Barangay Amabel when they chanced upon the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) rebels along the way. The firefight lasted for 30 minutes, he said. Their troops positioned at Barangay Pangao-an, also in Magpet, fired 105mm mortars on suspected rebel hideouts in Barangay Amabel. “Our soldiers in Barangay Amabel needed fire support so we directed our men in Barangay Pangao-an, where we set up temporary base, to fire mortar to drive away the rebels,” said Sema.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=476918

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