The military released Wednesday afternoon names of the Army soldiers killed and wounded in a clash with the New People's Army (NPA) in Surigao del Sur on Tuesday.
Maj. Leo Bongosia, spokesperson of the army's 4th Infantry Division, identified the fatalities as Privates Noli U. Oco, Nhel Anjelou B. Dalid,and Nelson V. Batonghinog, all of the Army's 29th Infantry Battalion based in Lianga, Surigao del Sur.
Wounded was Pvt. Denise J. Quinto, also of the Army's 29th IB.
Bongosia said that the fatalities and the wounded remained in the forested area in the mountainous terrain 20 kilometers west of San Agustin town in Surigao del Sur.
He said the bodies of the Army soldiers were retrieved only Tuesday evening after the running gunbattle subsided nine hours later.
According to Bongosia, the firefight started 9:00 a.m. Tuesday when elements of the army's 29th IB stumbled on an NPA rebel training camp deep into the
He said the wounded and those who were killed stepped on improvised explosive device.
The military's helicopter gunships failed to land in the area to pick the bodies and the wounded due to the thick forest cover, Bongosia added.
He said the Army soldiers overran the NPA training camp with an estimated capacity of 100 people equipped with obstacle courses and five makeshift kitchens.
As of 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, the military is still in the area on a clearing operations while a team has pulled out to bring the fatalities and the wounded to the San Agustin town proper, Bongosia said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=531360
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