An Army soldier was killed and three others were wounded
when they engaged a 10-member New People’s Army rebels in a firefight in
Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Saturday morning, the military said.
Killed was Private First Class Vick Pario and wounded were
Private First Class Edward Boagkat, Pfc. Ronald Medrano and Pfc. Jun Abok.
Boagkat suffered a bullet-pierced right leg, Medrano had a
fractured right shoulder and Abok had a bullet-grazed body.
Army Captain Randy Santamaria, 5th Infantry Division
spokesperson, said the three wounded soldiers are now “out of danger.” Two were
at the military hospital in Metro Manila while one was at the military hospital
here.
The Army soldiers from the 51st Infantry Battalion were
having security Bayanihan operations in Sitio Banlao in Barangay Limos,
Pinukpuk town when they chanced upon the rebels.
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