TACLOBAN CITY- A soldier was wounded in one of the clashes in Ormoc City recently.
In a press statement issued by the 802nd Infantry Brigade, government troops belonging to the 19th Infantry Battalion engaged alleged members of the New People’s Army in a series of fight fights on March 25 and the following day.
The first encounter took place in Barangay Liberty wherein the government troops, under Lt. Amin Macalintangui, engaged about 10 rebels.
The firefight, which lasted for 15 minutes, resulted to the wounding of a soldier who was hit at his left shoulder and was immediately brought to the Ormoc Sugarcane Planters Association-Farmers Medical Center (OSPA-FMC).
The wounded, who was not identified in the press statement of the 802nd IB, was right away released after he was given the necessary medical attention.
The soldiers conducted a hot pursuit operation against the rebels which resulted to the second engagement in Barangay Ga-as, 25 kms away from Liberty.
Unlike the first engagement, the second firefight did not result to any casualty to any of the pursuing soldiers who engaged the NPA members to a 15 minutes firefight.
Based on the press release of the 802nd IB, which is under the command of Colonel Rafael Valencia, blood stains were noticed where the rebels were positioned.
The government troops recovered from the rebels one back pack, an improvised bandoleer with six magazines for M16 rifle with 115 rounds live ammunitions and a magazine for AK-47 rifle with 12 live ammunitions.
Col. Valencia, whose headquarters is based in Camp Downes in Ormoc, said that the gun fights with the NPA rebels were the results of the continuous conduct of security patrols by the troops to protect the communities and the bayanihan teams conducting peace and development activities in these areas.
“Our main objective is to attain peace in order to sustain the pace of development in the Island of Leyte that will ultimately provide opportunity for the people to uplift their lives. I am calling everyone to join hands and work for a just and lasting peace,” Valencia said in the press statement.
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