CPP/Ang Bayan: Victorious tactical offensives launched in NCMR

From the English edition of Ang Bayan (Oct 21): Victorious tactical offensives launched in NCMR

Red fighters under the North Central Mindanao Region (NCMR) launched five tactical offensives in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental from September 30 to October 6. The military suffered 33 killed and at least six wounded, while the Red guerrillas did not suffer any casualties.

In Bukidnon. Thirteen soldiers of the Philippine Army 8th IB were killed and several others wounded in an ambush by a unit under the NPA South Central Bukidnon Subregional Command (SCBSC) in Sitio Tubod, Barangay Cawayan, Quezon on October 6.

The Red fighters rained bullets and lobbed grenades on the lead team composed of the Lumad bandit group New Indigenous People’s Army for Reform (NIPAR) led by Nonong Salusad. After this, they used command-detonated explosives (CDX) on the main body of soldiers from the 8th IB.

The NPA ambushed the 53 newly trained soldiers while the latter were on the way back to their camp in Quezon town from Sitio Kitanggol, Barangay Dao, San Fernando. The soldiers reinforced the NIPAR bandits after Red fighters raided their lair at Sitio Kitanggol on September 16.

In Misamis Oriental. Two soldiers were killed when a team from the NPA Eastern Misamis Oriental-Northeastern Bukidnon Subregional Command harassed the 58th IB blocking force in Sitio Kapatagan, Barangay Umagos, Lagonglong, at around 8 a.m. on October 3. By noon, the Red fighters had killed three more soldiers in the same area.
Meanwhile, two military helicopters were forced to make an emergency landing at the Balingasag Central Elementary School at 2:50 p.m. after an NPA unit fired at them as they neared the scene of the fighting.

Earlier, ten troops from a company-size column of the 58th IB were killed and five others were wounded when Red fighters detonated a CDX on the soldiers who were on patrol in Sitio Camansi, Banglay, Lagonglong at around 2 p.m. on September 30.

Nearby, another soldier from the 58th IB was wounded in a sniping operation by an NPA team. Five more soldiers were killed by the NPA the day after while they were in the act of robbing an unoccupied house in Sitio Camansi at around 1 p.m.

[Ang Bayan is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and standpoint on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly. It is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

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