Two suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA)were killed late Friday afternoon in a gun battle with members of an Army Scout Rangers unit in Barangay Manambrag, a remote
The slain rebels were turned over to the town’s Philippine National Police office for proper identification and disposition, according to Army Maj. Angelo Guzman, PA Bicol spokesperson.
Guzman, quoting a report from Lt. Col. Bernardo Fortez, commanding officer of the 83rd Infantry Battalion, said a platoon of Scout Rangers was on an internal security operation at around 5 p.m. Friday when it encountered a group of rebels led by one Ka James of the NPA Nerissa San Juan Command operating in Catanduanes, an island province at the eastern side of the Bicol peninsula.
Fortez said a 10-minute intense firefight ensued that led to the killing of the two rebels and the wounding of a number of their companions as manifested by blood stains seen in their escape routes.
Recovered from the fight scene was an M-14 baby Armalite rifle.
The Army Scout Rangers were on an offensive patrol after receiving reports from military assets that the rebels were sighted roaming at the boundaries of the coastal towns of Caramoran and San Andres.
Fortez said they launched a tactical offensive to track down and stop the communist rebels from terrorizing civilians and carrying attacks against government forces.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=505428
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