Additional 500 soldiers will be deployed to Gingoog after attack kills 3, hurts mayor

From InterAksyon (Apr 22): Additional 500 soldiers will be deployed to Gingoog after attack kills 3, hurts mayor

An additional 500 soldiers will be assigned to Gingoog City this week, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Monday, two days after New People's Army (NPA) launched an attack on Mayor Ruthie Guingona.

The deployment of more troops will augment soldiers already in the area where Mayor Guingona and her convoy were ambushed, Major General Allan Luga, AFP vice chief of staff, said.

The ambush killed three and wounded Guingona.

Luga said the military will increase checkpoints in the area following the attack.

Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances that led to the attack on Mayor Guingona.

Senator Teofisto Guingona III, Mayor Guingona's son, condemned the attack on his mother who is already "bowing out of politics."

The NPA has apologized over the incident but blamed the mayor's convoy for firing first at the rebels.

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