Army soldiers killed at least three suspected New People’s
Army (NPA) members in an encounter on Thursday at Barangay Bacolod, a remote
village in Irosin, Sorsogon, according to the spokesperson of the Philippine
National Police (PNP) in Bicol.
Earlier in San Jacinto, Ticao
Island , three NPA Sparu members killed
an Army trooper while on his way from Bagacay port to Masbate ,
according to Army Capt. Mardjorie Panesa, 9th Infantry Division spokesperson.
Police Chief Insp. Malu Calubaquib, PNP Bicol spokesperson,
said one Salvador Enriola alias Art/Bonoy was among the three NPA rebels that
died in the encounter.
The other two slain rebels have yet to be identified, she
said.
Calubaquib said joint elements of the Army’s 31st Infantry
Battalion and the Military Intelligence Company led by 2Lt. Pendijito Niko were
on a patrol operation at around 11:15 a.m. when they encountered nine NPA
rebels in the hinterland village
of Bacolod
The engagement led to a 30-minute gun battle that resulted
in the killing of the three communist rebels who were members of a Sparu unit
operating in Sorsogon province.
Soldiers recovered from the fight scene three .45-caliber
hand guns and empty shells.
They are still in pursuit operation against the NPA rebels
that fled immediately when they saw that three of their companions were felled
during the skirmish.
The bodies of the slain communist dissidents will be brought
to the PNP Irosin station for identification and documentation.
Panesa said the name of the slain soldier is being withheld
pending notification of the family.
She said the soldier was on his way to Masbate City
The communist insurgents immediately fled using two
motorized boats.
A responding Army squad on board a military vehicle, while
on its way to the crime scene, hit a land mine planted by the NPA, but no
casualty was reported.
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