An
army corporal was the latest victim of New People’s Army here in Caraga region,
according to military sources.
Col.
Gregory Cayetano, commanding officer of the 401st Brigade, Philippine Army
confirmed the report in a local radio interview Wednesday morning that Corporal
Salman Abbas, a member of the 26th Infantry Battalion, 4ID PA; and an assistant
patrol base commander of a Patrol Base based in a remote barangay in San Luis,
Agusan del Sur, 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Corporal
Abbas according to Cayetano sought permission from his base to go to the
central part of the town on board his motorcycle when he was stopped at an NPA
checkpoint upon reaching Km. 21, Don Alejandro at San Luis town. Cayetano added
that this was the same area where four CAFGUs were also abducted by the NPAs
last April.
Cayetano
said Abbas was brought by his abductors towards the northwest direction, but
believed they were still near the area.
Cayetano
said that combat and hot pursuit operations were now being conducted by the
military as well as the intensification of military intelligence in the area.
The
army official also said that the military had already coordinated with the
local government unit so that the municipal crisis committee will be activated
to deal with the situation.
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