From Tempo (Nov 12): 300 villagers flee Agusan gunfight
NASIPIT, Agusan del Norte – Some 70 families or more than 300 individuals fled homes as firefight erupted between government forces and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels at the border of Nasipit and Buenavista in Agusan del Norte.
Villagers from Tagbabacon and Sumagayad are now temporarily housed in Culit Gym and Sumagayad Gym, both in this town.
The municipal government of Nasipit, upon the directive of Mayor Enrico Corvera, dispatched dump trucks to assist the fleeing villagers.
Corvera also mobilized the town’s social welfare office for the distribution of food packs, canned goods, noodles and sacks of rice to the evacuation centers.
The mass evacuation occurred when peace and development teams of the Army’s 29th Infantry Battalion (29th IB) engaged in a fierce firefight with the communist insurgents at 12:15 p.m. on Monday.
The initial 15-minute firefight started at Sitio Tacub, Barangay Rizal, Buenavista. It was followed by a running gun battle.
“Our ground troops possibly killed or wounded the running NPA’s due to blood stains in the encounter site and their escape route of withdrawal,” Maj. Christian C. Uy, regional Army spokesman, said.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2014/11/300-villagers-flee-agusan-gunfight/#.VGLvbs8tBjo
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