A
ranking New People's Army (NPA) leader was among those killed in Friday
morning's encounter with the troopers of the 903rd Infantry Brigade in Matnog,
Sorsogon, the military said.
Lt.
Col. Ramon Zagala, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office
chief, identified one of the five rebel fatalities as a certain "Ka
Randy," reportedly the commanding officer of the NPA's "Probinsyal
Yunit Guerilya" in Sorsogon.
Zagala
said they are still in the process of identifying the four others.
The
encounter with the rebels took place at around 5:44 a.m. at the vicinity of
Sitio Hukdong, Balocawe, Matnog, Sorsogon where troopers from the 903rd
Infantry Brigade encountered 25 NPA fighters.
Five
rebels, including "Ka Randy," were killed while two others were
captured.
Government
troops, who sustained no losses, also recovered five high-powered firearms.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=646460
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