Thursday, February 7, 2013

Soldier killed in Surigao del Sur ambush

From the Manila Times (Feb 8): Soldier killed in Surigao del Sur ambush

ONE soldier was killed and his companion wounded after they were ambushed by suspected New People’s Army rebels on Wednesday in Surigao del Sur province, police reports said on Thursday.

Reports sent to Camp Crame by Caraga Police regional office identified the fatality as Staff Sgt. Gilbert Sionzon, 43; wounded was Ampol Daging, 31, a military informer.

Supt. Martin Gamba, Caraga police spokesman, said that the ambush took place at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday along the national highway
in Barangay Magosilum, Cantillan, Surigao del Sur.


The reports said that the ambush victims were on a motorcycle and were on their way to Barangay La Union in the same town, when an unknown number of rebels fired at them.

The reports said that responding policemen recovered from the crime scene a Honda XLR motorcycle owned by Daging, a .45-pistol with magazine loaded with six ammunition, three cartridges and a pair of slippers.

http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/regions/41035-soldier-killed-in-surigao-del-sur-ambush

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