Communist rebels on Monday stopped and then shot up a truck hauling a container van loaded with 1,562 boxes of bananas bound for export in Surigao del Sur province, police said.
Inspector Randy Abunda, chief of police of Cagwait town, said some 40 New People’s Army guerrillas stopped the vehicle owned by food manufacturer Dole, around 8:30 a.m. at a checkpoint they had set up on the national highway in Sitio Abihaw,
Barangay Bitaugan, some six kilometers from the municipal police station.
“The delivery was en route to Davao City from Barangay Dayoan, Tago, Surigao del Sur when flagged down by the rebels. Their leader was identified only as alias Mark of the (NPA’s) Front Committee 19B. The rebels were able to unload 320 boxes and after that they fired their weapons, hitting the six tires of the van (and) its generator set,” Abunda said.
Responding policemen and soldiers recovered AK-47 shells at the site.
The police chief said the van had a two-man escort on a motorcycle.
“Pero ang nangyari, nauna ‘yung escort at tipong hindi na nila namalayan ‘yung pag-checkpoint sa van. Pinalampas sila ng mga rebelled (But what happened was, the escorts were ahead and did not notice the stopping of the van. The rebels let them pass first),” Abunda said.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/63840/npa-rebels-shoot-up-banana-container-van-in-surigao-del-sur
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