Friday, March 13, 2015

Trooper killed, 3 others wounded in NPA ambush in Compostela Valley

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 13): Trooper killed, 3 others wounded in NPA ambush in Compostela Valley

A soldier assigned to the 71st Infantry Battalion was killed while three of his companions were wounded in an ambush by New People's Army (NPA) bandits in Barangay Anitapan, Mabini town, Compostela Valley Thursday noon.

The troopers were about to conduct peace and development missions in the locality when attacked by the rebels.

Killed in this attack was Cpl. Wilson Binalay, a member of the 71st Infantry Battalion.

Wounded were Cpl. Delfin G. Agod, Pfc. Jimboy P. Apostol and Pfc. Ar-jay G Magallanes.

Meanwhile, 71st Infantry Battalion commander Lt. Col. Dennis Tanzo, who accompanied his men to their peace and development work, survived the incident scar free.

As this develops, the Eastern Mindanao Command expressed its thanks to barangay officials of Barangay Anitapan for helping them treat and evacuate the wounded troopers.

"We appreciate the effort of the barangay Officials who came to the rescue of the group of Lt.Col. Tanzo. This is a manifestation of the support and appreciation of the community on the Peace and Development activities of our soldiers especially that of Lt. Col. Tanzo's unit," EMC head Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad said.

"The action of the NPA bandits on the other hand, proves that they are indeed anti-development and anti-people. What Ltc Tanzo was doing was to bring the government closer to the far flung barangays through Peace and Development activities," he said.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=744340

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