Monday, December 8, 2014

NPA burn heavy equipment in Kidapawan City - police

From InterAksyon (Dec 9): NPA burn heavy equipment in Kidapawan City - police

Police said Tuesday communist rebels burned the heavy equipment of a private construction company working on a road project beside Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak, over the weekend.

Superintendent Franklin Anito, Kidapawan City police chief, said the rebels who burned two dump trucks, a cement mixer and a backhoe of the Jargon construction company, were identified by witnesses through a police photo gallery.

The burning of the heavy equipment in Barangay Mua-an past midnight on Sunday happened hours after the New People’s Army carried out a roadside bomb attack that slightly wounded an Army captain and a corporal in nearby Barangay Balite, Magpet, North Cotabato.

About 12 heavily armed rebels arrived in Mua-an, and then poured gasoline and torched the equipment used in the construction of a road network connecting Mua-an and Barangay Ilomavis. The equipment had been parked near the village hall.

The rebels then fired their weapons and left, chanting, “We are NPA.”

Kidapawan Councilor Francis Palmones, chair of the committee on peace and order, condemned the attack and urged the police to file charges over what he described as “terrorist act.”

“They (NPA) sow terror in our city. I condemn the act and considered it as barbaric as it caused panic and fear among constituents in Barangay Mua-an,” Palmones said as he appealed to the rebels to spare the city and its people.

“Please don’t disturb the peace and tranquility of Kidapawan City. The peace loving people here want to live without fear and free from any form of terrorists' act,” Palmones added.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/100791/npa-burn-heavy-equipment-in-kidapawan-city---police

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