The military have launched manhunt against suspected members
of the New People's Army (NPA) who harassed a militia detachment and planted
landmine on military reinforcement route in Tampakan, South
Cotabato Sunday.
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Jess Alcudia, 27th Infantry
Battalion commander, said the operation was on going in the hinterlands of
Tampakan where the NPA operates.
"We are hunting them down, we will not allow the
communist terrorist to continue harassing our troops and civilian
communities," Alcudia told reporters.
On Saturday noon, about 30 heavily armed communist rebels
attacked a detachment of Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in
Barangay Datal Biao, Tampakan, South Cotabato
that left militiaman Mark Lozada dead.
But the attackers failed to over run the militia patrol base
as CAFGU members, although outnumbered, fought back.
On Sunday, a team of 27th IB elements were conducting patrol
operations in Barangay Datal Biao when the Army vehicle hit a landmine planted
by suspected NPA in Barangay Danlag, Tampakan, South
Cotabato .
"Two Army troopers of 27th IB, 10th ID, paid the
ultimate sacrifice while performing their duties as vanguards of peace,"
Alcudia told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal of his fallen fighters he refused to
identify unless their next of kin are fully and officially informed.
After the blast, another team of 27th IB soldiers responded,
rescued the wounded soldiers and rushed them to the South Cotabato provincial
hospital in Koronadal
City
He rushed to the South Cotabato
provincial hospital where his wounded men were brought after the landmine
attack and looked into the welfare of his men, ensuring they get the necessary
medical treatment.
Alcudia believed that the land mine attack by the NPAs was
related to the harassment it carried out against militiamen in Barangay Datal
Biao.
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