NPA owns up attack vs 4 cops

From the Bicol Mail (May 16): NPA owns up attack vs 4 cops

The New Pople’s Army (NPA) on Saturday claimed responsibility for the ambush that wounded four policemen in Bacon District of Sorsogon City on Friday afternoon.

In a statement, the Celso Minguez command of the NPA said they attacked the four members of the PNP’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in Barangay Bato.

“The ambush was NPA’s way of retaliating to the intensified counter insurgency operations of the military during the election period. The NPA vows more offensives,” the statement said.

On Friday, unidentified armed men attacked Chief Inspector Juancho Ibis, PO2 Nelson Dioquino, PO1 Eric Elquiro, and another yet to be named police officer while they were patrolling for the elections in the province that was once in the Commission on Elections’ list of hotspots in the country.

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