A timely and accurate tip off by concerned residents at Barangay Saosao in Mawab town, Compostela Valley Province has led to a 20-minute firefight between army soldiers and some 30 NPA terrorists about 6:40 in the morning on June 23, 2013 in an area some 13 kilometers away from the headquarters of the 10th Infantry Division, PA.
The government troopers suffered no casualty but it was not determined in the NPA side.
The surprised NPA bandits under an unknown leader reportedly withdrew in different directions apparently when they realized that they would be routed by the soldiers from a Division Recon Company (DRC) who caught them up at Sitio Mahayag in Barangay Saosao.
The soldiers reportedly pursued the retreating NPA men.
Earlier, said NPA band passed by near groups of houses in the outskirts of the village.
Some residents who spotted the armed men immediately reported their presence to the 10ID Headquarters in Barangay Tuburan, some 26 kilometers away in road distance.
Elements of a DRC who were patrolling not far from the reported location of the NPA band were immediately directed to check the report, resulting in the clash.
Early morning last May 21, six army personnel including two female soldiers and a military dependent were injured in a roadside IED/landmining incident along the Tagum-Maawab Section of the Maharlika Highway at Brgy Magdum in Tagum City, Davao del Norte – not far from the 10ID Headquarters.
When the 1001st Brigade sent men to respond to the incident and to clear the highway of enemy IEDs/landmines, another roadside blast happened at Barangay Tagmanok, Mawab, followed by a five-minute firefight between government troops and another NPA band.
Earlier, said NPA band passed by near groups of houses in the outskirts of the village.
Some residents who spotted the armed men immediately reported their presence to the 10ID Headquarters in Barangay Tuburan, some 26 kilometers away in road distance.
Elements of a DRC who were patrolling not far from the reported location of the NPA band were immediately directed to check the report, resulting in the clash.
Early morning last May 21, six army personnel including two female soldiers and a military dependent were injured in a roadside IED/landmining incident along the Tagum-Maawab Section of the Maharlika Highway at Brgy Magdum in Tagum City, Davao del Norte – not far from the 10ID Headquarters.
When the 1001st Brigade sent men to respond to the incident and to clear the highway of enemy IEDs/landmines, another roadside blast happened at Barangay Tagmanok, Mawab, followed by a five-minute firefight between government troops and another NPA band.
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