A
soldier was killed while six of his companions were wounded after 10 New
People's Army (NPA) fighters ambushed them in Barangay Malideg, Quirino town,
Ilocos Sur on Friday morning.
Major
Emmanuel Garcia, 1st Civil Relations Group commander, said that the soldiers
were aboard a KM-450 military vehicle heading towards Sitio Cayus, Barangay
Remedios, Cervantes town to help in the construction of the one-kilometer road
which will connect Sitio Tubtuba to Sitio Panananuman in Tuba, Abra when
attacked by NPA fighters around 4:00 a.m.
In
the exchange of gunfire, one soldier was killed and six others were wounded
while the NPAs are believed to have also sustained an undetermined number of
casualties/injuries.
He
added that the troops are also helping in the rehabilitation of the Tubtuba Elementary School
Pursuit
operations are ongoing.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=639954
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