The Northern Luzon Command said on Thursday the number of New People's Army (NPA) rebels killed during a clash with the 41st Infantry Battalion in Barangay Guinguinabang, Lacub, Abra has increased to seven.
This figure was two higher than the five initially reported.
Major Emmanuel Garcia, 1st Civil Relations Group commander, said the firefight started at 5 a.m. Thursday when 41st Infantry Battalion troopers located an NPA camp in the area.
Around 50 heavily-armed NPA fighters, 15 of them females, were present in the camp at the time of discovery.
In the issuing firefight, seven rebels were killed, Garcia said. The troops also recovered six firearms.
Garcia said the operations against the rebels stemmed from civilian reports of NPA extortion and recruitment attempts.
The NPA force was training its recruits when surprised by the military, Garcia said, adding that the rebel band was led by a certain Arnold Jaramillo, alias "Mando," the secretary general of the Abra Political Committee.
Pursuit operations are still ongoing, Garcia added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=680214
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