Following a clash with 17th Infantry Battalion troopers in Sitio Anquid, Barangay Poswoy, Balbalan town, Kalinga, a M-16 automatic automatic rifle belonging to the New People's Army (NPA) fighters was captured Friday afternoon.
Government troopers were conducting routine security operation in the area around 6:45 p.m. when they encountered seven heavily-armed rebels.
A five-minute erupted and resulted in the immediate retreat of the NPA fighters who sustained an undetermined number of casualties.
Aside from the M-16 automatic rifle, also recovered was a magazine containing 10 5.56mm rounds.
Lt. Col. Resurrecion Mariano, 17th Infantry Battalion commander, said the military patrol and subsequent encounter stemmed from reports of civilians in the area who have grown tired of NPA extortion activities in Balbalan.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=662044
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