A soldier was killed and several others wounded in harassment operations conducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) in response to massive AFP military operations in Samar province this February.
According to initial reports, the NPA Jorge Bolito Command (JBC) harassed operating enemy troops in Sitio Burabod, Barangay Mabini in Basey town, killing a sergeant from the Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC) and wounding another enemy soldier. Earlier, on February 12, Red fighters from the JBC harassed soldiers on operation in Sitio Bagti, Barangay Mabini, wounding a still undetermined number of enemy soldiers. The comrades suffered zero casualties during these firefights.
The tactical offensives are the NPA’s response to complaints by the people against the US-Aquino regime’s militarization at a time when they are still recovering from calamity. Up to six columns of the 87th IB and 82nd DRC are currently conducting operations in Basey town, affecting the barangays of Mabini, Manlilinab, Rizal and other interior villages. The soldiers have been camping out inside the village, which is prohibited by international humanitarian law and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law or CARHRIHL. The military has also been restricting the people’s movements, thereby affecting their farming activities.
Hundreds of residents organizedly evacuated and headed to the Basey municipal hall to make their anger known to the local government. They likewise called for the release of Elpidio Romanca and Artemio Estueta, both farmers who have been illegally arrested despite the absence of cases filed against them.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist
Party of the Philippines
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20150221/soldier-killed-in-npa-harassment-operation-in-samar
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