From GMA News (May 16): 1 soldier, 1 NPA member killed in Negros Oriental clash
A soldier and a New People’s Army guerrilla were killed in Negros Oriental armed confrontation that also displaced 300 civilians in Sta. Catalina town, the military said Thursday.
Troops from the 79th Infantry Battalion caught up with an undetermined number of NPA insurgents in Sitio Naupao in Barangay San Pedro at around 10 a.m. Wednesday, resulting in a firefight that lasted for an hour, said Capt. Cresencio Gargar, spokesman of the Army’s 302nd Brigade.
Gargar identified the slain soldier as Pfc. Quin Banas who was hit in the lower back.
During clearing operation, soldiers found a body of an unidentified male rebel, beleived to be between 18 to 19 years of age. Also retrieved from the clash site were a homemade shotgun and two jungle packs.
“They (rebels) belong to the same group we encountered on May 13. [Wednesday's clash was part of the pursuit operation," Gargar said.
A soldier was killed and another was wounded in last Monday's clash that occurred just a kilometer away from the site of Wednesday's skirmish.
Meanwhile, at least 300 people, including children and infants, were evacuated to safer grounds “for fears of being caught in the crossfire,” Gargar said, adding soldiers have already coordinated with civilian authorities in efforts to provide the evacuees' needs.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/308687/news/regions/1-soldier-1-npa-member-killed-in-negros-oriental-clash
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