Three were killed, four wounded, 13 others missing and 50
families evacuated at the height of the fighting between the government
troopers and the communist rebels in Misamis Oriental, the military said
Wednesday.
Capt. Patrick Martinez of the Army’s Public Affairs Division
in Camp Evangelista
He said that the military withheld the names of the
fatalities and the wounded pending notification of the nearest kin or family,
although the wounded are now undergoing treatment in a military hospital here.
Local government officials identified the lone civilian
fatality as Dindo Porsuelo, 30, a farmer of Umagos, Lagonglong, who was fatally
hit in the crossfire while tending his farm. Relatives failed to retrieve the
body of Porsuelo as fighting continues in the area.
Elements of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Council (PDRRMC) in Misamis Oriental would conduct a search and
retrieval of civilian casualties after the military issued clearance Wednesday
morning.
The identities of the wounded civilians are still being
checked along with the names of the 13 missing civilians, mostly farmers, who
remained unaccounted as of Tuesday evening.
Jojo Bascug, head of the PDRRMC, said that the 50 families
evacuated were provided relief assistance by the provincial welfare personnel
who went to the area at the height of the fighting.
Bascug said that the relief and food assistance they
distributed to each of the families would last for three days.
The military said Wednesday that the fighting has ended
Tuesday night, although a team of army soldiers is still conducting clearing
the operations in the bordering towns of Lagonglong, Balingasag, and Salay.
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