Police Regional Office 13 is still on full red alert status after a series of clashes between the government security forces and the rebels since last week.
Senior Police Officer 1 Philip Amer P. Mazo, Duty PNCO and information officer-designate of PRO 13 said Thursday that the regional police at present is on full alert status. All leaves were cancelled, except on medical and emergency maternity cases, Mazo said.
Regional police officers and personnel were either in patrol or camouflage combat attire and in the state of readiness on any eventuality.
“We still do not know when this alert status will be downgraded,” Mazo added.
According to SPO1 Mazo, mobile check and choke points were conducted, as well as police covert and overt operations. Security measures were in place in economic key points, vital installations, terminals, air and seaports and other places of convergence. Police and military patrol bases and stations particularly in remote and attack prone areas were alerted and their camp defense petrified.
The alert status was triggered by the attack two days ago against a tribal chieftain’s residence in Agusan del Sur, wherein 18 were killed consisting of 13 rebels, four members of the tribal security forces of Datu Calpito and an Army man.
Last Tuesday, an undetermined number of rebels believed to be members of the Guerilla Front 19A and Guerilla Front 8 staged an attack against the residence of Egua at Barangay Sta. Irene, Prosperidad town in Agusan del Sur.
Joint police and military pursuit operations are still ongoing.
Last July 10, around 60 rebels attacked and overran a municipal police station in Alegria town, Surigao del Norte. Two rebels were killed by the reinforcing police forces, two police personnel wounded and four PNP personnel were abducted by the fleeing rebels, who were now a subject of ongoing negotiations for their release by the Provincial Crisis Management Committee of Surigao del Norte, headed by Governor Sol Matugas.
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