Friday, February 13, 2015

Soldiers pursue NPA rebels who fired at 'Bayanihan' team in Sorsogon

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 13): Soldiers pursue NPA rebels who fired at 'Bayanihan' team in Sorsogon

Troopers from the 9th Infantry Division are now conducting pursuit operations against the six New People's Army (NPA) bandits who opened fire on a "Bayanihan" team of the 31st Infantry Battalion doing development work at Barangay San Antonio, Barcelona, Sorsogon Thursday afternoon.

Capt. Mardjorie Paimela Panesa, 9th Infantry Division spokesperson, said no one among the soldiers in the "Bayanihan" team was killed nor hurt in the incident that took place at 12:45 p.m. .

Responding soldiers from the 31st Infantry Battalion engaged the fleeing rebels in a one-minute firefight, inflicting some casualties on the latter, Panesa said.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=735420

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