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People's Army (NPA) rebels ambushed soldiers on their way back to camp after
assisting the Department of Education in the Brigada Eskuwela 2014 activity in Cawayan Elementary School
Members
of the Bravo Company of the 42nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were
on their way back to camp when ambushed around 11:16 a.m. Thursday.
The
soldiers were able to engaged the rebels in a brief firefight, forcing the
rebels to withdraw towards Barangay Magsaysay, a mountainous village.
The
soldiers had just come from Barangay Cawayan where they participated in Brigada
Eskwela 2014 being undertaken by parents, teachers and students of the school
in preparation for the opening of classes when the incident happened.
No
casualty was reported on the government side as they immediately returned the
rebels’ volley of fire but the soldiers believed that some rebels were wounded
as evidenced by traces of blood in the ambush scene.
Army
and police authorities have reminded their men to be always on the alert in
view of intelligence reports that NPA dissidents are planning to attack local
police offices.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=646495
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