Two soldiers were killed as Army troopers engaged in a firefight 15 fully-armed men believed to be New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the vicinity of Barangay Maliwanag, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur over the weekend.
Report from Agusan del Sur Police stated that on Saturday afternoon, the government troops were on pursuit operations against NPA rebels who attacked a plantation in Esperanza town in Agusan del Sur, killed five civilians and torched heavy equipment, when they encountered the armed group.
The two slain Army soldiers were identified as Cpl. Albasar J. Ahalil and PFC Rolly I. Julia.
Adjacent police units were directed to conduct checkpoints along the rebels' escape routes and checked clinics and hospitals in the areas for patients with gunshot wounds.
Meanwhile, the military, police, tribal communities, local government unit officials, barangay officials, families of the victims, kin, friends and sympathizers conducted a peace and prayer rally in a tribal house in Esperanza town Monday morning, to denounce the atrocities committed by the NPA against the innocent civilians.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=537389
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