From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 7): Army encounters NPAs at Butuan City
watershed area
Army Special Forces on security patrol encountered an undetermined number of
armed men believed to be members of the New People's Army (NPA) Wednesday
afternoon.
Col. Potenciano Camba, commanding officer of the 3rd Special Forces
Battalion, confirmed in a local radio interview Thursday morning that his troops
were conducting a security patrol following reports from civilian residents near
the area that an armed group was collecting supplies and other materials from
them.
But the soldiers were fired upon by the armed group upon reaching Sitio
Tagkiling, Brgy. Anticala, this city, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The exchange
of gunfire went on for about 20 minutes after which the armed group withdrew
from the area.
The pursuing government troopers, according to Camba, discovered a temporary
camp abandoned by the fleeing rebels. Shells and magazines of AK47 and M16
rifles and backpacks were recovered in the encounter area.
The place of the encounter is part of the Taguibo Watershed area which was
near the tree-planting activity site on March 2 participated by some local
political bets, students, members of the socio-civic groups and faculty members
of Father Saturnino Urios University, according to Camba.
The army official said incidents of harassment including in other parts of
the region must be a way of the rebels to show that they are still a force to
reckon with, particularly that their anniversary on March 29 is approaching.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=504775
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