Police and military forces are now hunting down suspected
communist guerillas who torched three heavy equipment of a construction firm in
a hinterland barangay of Kidapawan
City
The rebels fled bringing with them a village watchman who,
as of posting, remained missing.
Colonel Nilo Vinluan, commander of the Army's 57th Infantry
Battalion, said the attack happened at about 12 midnight.
It came about seven hours after New Peoples Army set off a
series of land mines along a dirt road in the village
of Balite in Magpet, North
Cotabato that left two soldiers slightly wounded.
Acer Perez, chairperson of Barangay Mua-an here, told Radyo
Bida Kidapawan that about a dozen heavily armed men on board six motorcycles
arrived at the village at about 11:30 p.m.
They then poured gallons of gasoline on the equipment and
set them on fire. As the equipment went ablaze, the NPAs fired their guns,
chanting NPA slogans.
According to Perez the rebels then fled and seized a
"tanod" (watchman) identified as Tata Cardion after the gunmen
stripped him with his 12-gauge shot gun. He remained missing.
The heavy equipment were owned by the Jargon Construction
Company constructing road project in the village.
The torching incident came just few hours after suspected
NPA rebels staged landmine attacks against personnel of the 57th Infantry
Battalion.
Army Capt. Nasrullah Sema and his escort, PFC Camia, were
slightly wounded.
Vinluan clarified Sema was hit on his foot, not by bomb
shrapnel, but due to an accident as he tried to jump from his motorcycle to
cover from the blast. He is now out of danger, the 57th IB commander said.
Vinluan said the attack against soldiers were part of the
NPA's opposition to the peace and development outreach program of the military
while the burning of construction firm heavy equipment was part of the
extortion activities of the rebels.
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