Four militiamen were killed while three soldiers of the Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion were wounded when government troopers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels clashed in the hinterlands of the municipal town of
Lt. Col. George Banzon, commander of the Army’s 58th IB based in Claveria, on Thursday said that the running gun battle started about 7 a.m. Wednesday and ended late in the afternoon.
Banzon confirmed the death of four members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) during the firefight. He did not release the names of the militiamen.
He said that three regular members of the Army’s 58th IB wounded in action were flown to the Army hospital in
Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio Osias IV, spokesperson of the Army’s Fourth Infantry Division, did not release details of the encounter, saying all reports were forwarded directly to the Army headquarters in
Osias, however, confirmed that the firefight was “going on” with an “unknown” armed group when contacted Wednesday about the gun battle in the hinterlands of barangay Pelaez, Claveria, Misamis Oriental.
The Claveria firefight was one of the major clashes that took place in Misamis Oriental after the NPA rebels attacked the Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) Main Camp Philipps in Manolo Fortich last month.
In a statement emailed to the Philippines News Agency Thursday, the NPA-North Central Mindanao Region said it is conducting military actions in the region in response to a nationwide call to commemorate the NPA’s 44th founding anniversary on March 29.
The NPA statement signed by Allan Juanito as the spokesperson of NPA-NCMR, also claimed responsibility in the attack of 58th IB unit in Manoligao, Carmen, Agusan del Norte on March 17, killing three government troopers.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=509406
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