3 NPA rebels killed in Tuao, Cagayan

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 5): 3 NPA rebels killed in Tuao, Cagayan

CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuuegarao City -- Three suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed over weekend in an encounter between the communist guerrillas and the 2nd Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) at Cagayan Provincial Public Safety Company (CPPSC) in barangay Lakambini, Tuao, Cagayan.

Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) regional director chief superintendent Rodrigo Purisima De Gracia, said that the 2nd regional public safety battalion and 8-member New People’s Army rebels under the Kilusang Larangang Guerrilla North engaged in a brief gunbattle. The three NPA killed in the encounter are still unidentified at press time.

The PNP received information from the concerned citizens that a group of rebels allegedly slept at the house of Kosep Encollado in Zone 5, barangay Lakambini, Tuo, Cagayan.

The PNP recovered assorted guns, one M16 rifle, one M14 rifle, one Caliber 9mm pistol ammunition, backpacks and other belongings and alleged subversive documents. The PNP did not suffer any casualty from the encounter, he added.

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