2 dead in NPA clash in Bicol region

From the Mindanao Examiner BlogSpot site (Nov 17): 2 dead in NPA clash in Bicol region

Two people were killed and two soldiers wounded in a clash with communist rebels in Camarines Sur province in the Bicol region, military officials said Monday.

Officials said the fighting broke out in the village called Tinalmod in Pasacao town on November 16 after pro-government militias and soldiers ran into a group of New People’s Army rebels who killed a civilian.

There were no reports of enemy casualties and officials said a militia was slain in the fighting and that two more were injured. The fighting lasted over 30 minutes.

Brigadier General Richard Lagrana, commander of the 902nd Infantry Brigade, ordered troops to pursue the rebels. “We have deployed forces in strategic areas to capture the rebels,” he said.

The NPA has been waging a secessionist war for many decades now. Peace talks in the past governments have failed and efforts to revive it under the Aquino administration also were not successful due to several demands by the rebels and among them was the release of all political prisoners in the country.

http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net/2014/11/2-dead-in-npa-clash-in-bicol-region.html