Philippine Army soldiers recovered two improvised explosive
devices (IED) following an encounter on Friday morning with communist rebels in
Barangay San Isidro, a remote village in Bulusan, Sorsogon, an Army officer
said.
Army Captain Marjorie Panesa, 9th Infantry Division public
affairs chief, said an Army platoon led by 1Lt. Julieto Pollescase of the 31st
Infantry Battalion was on a security operation when they chanced upon a 15-man
New People’s Army (NPA) rebels at Sitio (sub-village) Kapirikuhan, Barangay San
Isidro at around 5:30 a.m. Friday.
A 10-minute running gun battle ensued where fleeing
communist guerrilla’s left behind two IEDs and wires.
Panesa said the NPA band was headed by guerrilla leader only
known as Ka Hazel.
As of press time, Army troopers were still scouring
neighboring villages for the fleeing rebels.
As this developed, two militia men survived an NPA attack in
Barangay Bagangan in Lupi town in Camarines Sur on Thursday afternoon, Panesa
said.
The two militia men, identified only as Lazarte and Carcedo,
who are members of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit, were preparing
for an upcoming event in that village when they were fired at by armed men
believed to be communist rebels.
Panesa warned militia forces and soldiers that, according to
military intelligence, the NPA is on a killing spree, citing the recent killing
of Arlam Madrilejos, a CAFGU member, while doing some marketing last Sunday.
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