While Samar
province was conducting a Peace and Order Council meeting on Friday, Lt Col
Antonio Dulnuan received a report that his men were ambushed and two of them
were admitted at the Samar
Provincial Hospital
Dulnuan,
Battalion Commander of the 87th Infantry Battalion based in Calbiga, Samar strongly condemned the incident.
According to him, it was treacherous on the part of the NPAs to kill troops who were unarmed and not in combat operation.
“This act of NPAs
is murder in the highest degree,” he said.
“It should be
condemned by the peace-loving people as we are now in the path towards peaceful
resolution of the 45 years of NPA insurgency,” Dulnuan added.
Based on a
report, six of 87th IB troops were on board three motorcycles and were
traversing the Lokilokon-San Jose de Buan road from a marketing errand in Catbalogan City
The ambush
resulted to the death of two unarmed soldiers and the wounding of another two.
The identities of the fallen soldiers are being withheld pending notification
of their families.
After the
incident, troops were immediately dispatched to track down the perpetrators,
believed to be NPAs. Pursuit operation is still ongoing as of press time.
Maj. Gen. Jet B.
Velarmino, Commander of the 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army
expressed his condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers. “Their
sacrifice is the highest form of heroism that a Filipino soldier can render to
the country. They died as heroes, and they will always be remembered,” he said.
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