CPP/Ang Bayan: In Bukidnon: NPA metes blows on pursuing soldiers

From Ang Bayan, the official news/propaganda organ of the CPP (Mar 7): In Bukidnon: NPA metes blows on pursuing soldiers

A series of gunbattles have erupted between AFP soldiers and the New People’s Army (NPA) Mt. Kitanglad Sub-Regional Command in Bukidnon after the successful NPA raids on the multinational giants Del Monte and Dole on February 19.

Red fighters met pursuing troops from the 403rd IBde with gunfire on February 23 in Licoan, Sumilao town in Bukidnon. A corporal was wounded in this firefight.

On March 2, two soldiers were killed after an NPA unit closed in on a seven-man scouting unit under the 403rd IBde at Mt. Nanluyaw, which is part of the Mt. Kitanglad mountain range. The Red fighters took advantage of the thick fog to gain the upper hand in the fighting. A military rescue helicopter had a hard time retrieving the casualties because of the impenetrable fog and clouds.

Two days after, on March 4, the guerrillas harassed the pursuing soldiers anew.

Meanwhile, Red fighters under the NPA 1st Pulang Bagani Company used command-detonated explosives (CDX) on the 69th IB (the so-called “Palparan Battalion”) while the latter was conducting patrols in Purok Tubod, Barangay Lumiad, Paquibato District, Davao City on February 12.

Two soldiers were killed and five wounded. The NPA military action was done to punish the 69th IB for its brutality.

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