A Philippine Army soldier is now in critical condition at a
hospital after he was wounded in an encounter with a group of New People's Army
(NPA) rebels while on a patrol operation in Barangay Tagas, Magallanes,
Sorsogon, on Thursday.
Rushed to the Sorsogon
Provincial Hospital
A report said the encounter occurred at about 5:30 a.m.
Thursday when a team from the Charlie Company of the 31st IB of the PA, headed
by 2Lt. Alexander Ano-os, was heading back to their camp after their patrol
when they encountered ten armed rebels and exchanged fire with them for 20
minutes.
The communist dissidents immediately retreated from the
site, where the police recovered an M-16 armalite rifle left behind by the
rebel.
Police said that the rebels came from the the town center to
visit their relatives in time for the Holy Week when the encounter happened.
Reinforcing troops immediately conducted a hot pursuit
operation against the rebels.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=750331
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