Combined police and military forces have launched pursuit operations against New People’s Army rebels, who figured in a firefight with the troops, in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur, a police official disclosed Tuesday.
Police Regional Office-9 information officer Chief Insp. Ariel Huesca said the troops are scouring Barangay Maralag and nearby areas in the
Huesca said the firefight, which lasted for few minutes, took place around 12:50 a.m. Monday in Barangay Maralag, Lapuyan municipality.
The firefight ensued when the troops from the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion were fired upon by the NPA rebels while they were conducting security operations, Huesca said.
No one was either killed or wounded from both the troops and NPA rebels, he said.
He said the power transmission line in Barangay Maralag was discovered cut-off after the clash and blamed the NPA rebels for the sabotage.
The police forces in Lapuyan and in nearby areas were ordered to establish blockade to prevent the escape of the NPA rebels, he said.
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