Three people were
killed while six others were wounded in an ambush followed by
landmine explosions along provincial road in Sitio Ban-as, Barangay Mahayag,
San Miguel, Surigao del Sur in the evening of Holy Wednesday, the
military said.
Apart from the
two dead soldiers, a civilian also was killed while a
companion was wounded as the NPA rebels ambushed a
military convoy and detonated landmines.
In an
official report filed by 401st Infantry Battalion Public Affairs Officer
Captain Jasper T. Gacayan, the soldiers belonging
to 41st Division Recon Company and 4th Field Artillery
Battalion were on a convoy of four military trucks when
an undetermined number of NPA rebels attacked them.
Gacayan said that
as the military trucks stopped to assess the damage, the rebels fired on
the convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding five others. The rest of
the soldiers disembarked and engaged the NPA rebels in a
firefight.
Dead on the spot
were Army Sgt. Luisilo Pastor, Army Corporal Rey Esmalde Gerzon and a
civilian Danilo Sumaoy Bendanillo.
Five other
soldiers were critically wounded.
Gacayan said the
NPA rebels planted landmines which violated the United Nation’s recognized
(Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International
Humanitarian Law.
In Gingoog City
Councilor Mark
Bagaipo, 43, was shot by an unidentified assailant.
Four other
persons were shot in a spate of violence with the gunmen using .45 caliber
pistols, police said.
Police were
looking into the series of killings.
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