Seven suspected members of the New People's Army swooped down on a private compound in Makilala town in Cotabato Monday evening, disarmed the unsuspecting lone security guard and burned two heavy equipment.
In a text message to reporters, Cotabato Provincial Police spokesman Chief Insp. Bernard Tayong said the rebels raided the property of the Santos Land Development Corporation.
Tayong said the suspects took the shotgun with three live ammunition of the security guard, and burned down a backhoe and compactor.
The rebels then fled to an unknown direction, he added.
Tayong assured that authorities are now conducting pursuit operations.
The incident came even as peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines may resume in early May, NDFP negotiation panel chair Luis Jalandoni said at a forum in Quezon City on Monday.
The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Earlier this month, the Armed Forces of the Philippines welcomed the possibility of the resumption of talks, but called on the CPP-NPA-NDF to show its sincerity.
"The CPP-NPA-NDF must stop the abductions, killings, extortion activities, IED attacks, and other criminal acts which benefit no one, except those who actually profit from violence," AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said in a statement on Apr.18.
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