Army
troops of the 11th Infantry Battalion on Friday afternoon clashed with some 20
suspected members of the rebel New People’s Army at Sitio Hinobaan, Barangay
Plagatasanon in Guihulngan
City
An
initial report from the Philippine Army’s 302nd Brigade, the mother unit of the
11th IB, said the government troops, led by SSgt. Rehum P. Magno, were
conducted clearing operations in Plagatasanon, a village about 20 kilometers
from the city proper.
No
casualties were reported on the government side but the Army believes the NPAs
suffered some casualties as they fled from the site of the encounter.
Pursuit
operation is ongoing as more troops were poured in the area to reinforce the
government forces.
Helicopters
from the Philippine Air Force are on standby alert at the brigade headquarters
in Tanjay City ,
Negros Oriental, to support the ongoing combat operations in Guihulngan City
Government
forces have heightened their security and established checkpoints to secure the
civilians against the fleeing suspected rebels, said Capt. Cresencio Gargar,
Public Information Officer of the 302nd Brigade.
Earlier,
Brig. Gen. Francisco Patrimonio, 302nd brigade commander, had announced that
military troops will continue relentlessly with their combat operations to
reduce the insurgency problem in Negros Oriental to an insignificant level.
He
had admitted that one of the areas that still have many barangays affected by
the insurgency problem is Guihulngan, which military and police authorities
have tagged as a “rebel stronghold.”
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=563171
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