Military continues pursuit vs. NPA rebels in MisOr

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 23): Military continues pursuit vs. NPA rebels in MisOr

The military continued its pursuit against suspected rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) who raided houses in Misamis Oriental Tuesday morning. Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio Osias, Jr., spokesperson of the army’s Fourth Infantry Division here, said the soldiers have not established contact with the enemy in the last 24-hour. He said two teams from the Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion based in Salay, Misamis Oriental jumped off Tuesday morning to pursue NPA rebels who raided houses in Kinoguitan, Misamis Oriental.

Some 25 fully armed NPA rebels of Guerilla Front B of the North-Central Mindanao Revolutionary Command swooped down on houses of active and retired military officers in Kinoguitan about 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. He said the rebels seized issued firearms, military uniforms, combat boots, and other belongings before fleeing toward the mountainous villages of Kinoguitan. A team from the 58th IB that conducts clearing operations in the hinterlands of Kinoguitan and the neighboring town of Sugbongcogon immediately established blocking forces in the hinterlands on receiving the report, Osias said. He said another team from the 58th IB’s based company were dispatched to conduct to chase after the rebel forces who withdrew to unknown direction.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=490121