CPP/Ang Bayan: 10 soldiers killed; 12 wounded in NPA ambuscades in Davao City

From the English language edition of the CPP propaganda publication, Ang Bayan (May 7): 10 soldiers killed; 12 wounded in NPA ambuscades in Davao City

The 10th ID-Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) of the AFP has failed to conceal the rising number of casualties suffered by its troops even as it has intensified its psywar and combat operations in the uplands of Davao.

In the latest battle reports from April 26 to May 1, fascist troops suffered ten dead and 12 wounded, according to Ka Rigoberto Sanchez, spokesperson of the Merardo Arce Command of the NPA-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command.

On May 1, at around 8 a.m., NPA Red fighters ambushed a platoon under the 69th IB in Sitio Bintuin, Barangay Fatima, Paquibato District in Davao City. The Philippine Army unit had planned on encircling an NPA team, but failed.

After a 30-minute firefight, two soldiers lay dead and four others were wounded. Another soldier was wounded in an ensuing gunbattle at 3 p.m. that day, also in Barangay Fatima.

Fighting first erupted at 3 p.m. of April 26 when the people’s militia used command-detonated explosives against a truckload of soldiers at Km. 3, Barangay Fatima, wounding two soldiers.

The day after, at around 7 a.m., combined forces of the NPA and people’s militia ambushed a platoon under the 84th IB in Sitio Sled, Barangay Dalagdag, killing five troopers and wounding eight others. The firefight occurred a mere 150 meters from the 84th IB’s patrol base.

The NPA ambushed the 84th IB anew on April 30, at around 7 a.m. in Sitio Sled, with the enemy suffering three dead and six wounded.

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