A trooper from the 82nd Infantry Battalion was wounded
during an encounter with 10 suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels at the
boundary of Sitios Aray-aray and Gibas, Barangay Tigbanaba, Igbaras town, Iloilo
The firefight which lasted for 20 minutes started at 3:10
p.m.
Wounded was Pfc. Merdian M. Parajile.
3rd Infantry Division spokesman Major Ray Tiongson said the
rebels sustained an undetermined number of wounded in the shootout as several
blood trails were discovered in the encounter site.
He added that these bandits are remnants of the NPA's
Southern Front, KR-Panay.
Pursuit operations are now ongoing.
Tiongson said the encounter stemmed from reports of
residents of the above-mentioned barangay regarding the presence of heavily
armed men extorting in their area.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=763790
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