A civilian engineer was killed while three others, including
two militiamen, were hurt in in a New People's Army (NPA) attack at Sitio
Lamsuguing, Barangay Upper Sepaka, Surallah town, South
Cotabato Thursday night.
The attack took place at 7:30 p.m. It was precluded by an
improvised explosive device (IED) attack which killed Junesis Austria Miro, an
engineer employed at the Gemma Construction and wounded construction worker
Jerson Cordero, a resident of Sitio Datal Lawa, Barangay Upper Sepaka.
Both men were involved in the project which aims to improve
farm-to-road access between Surallah and Lake Sebu
The firefight between government security and an estimated
30 to 40 heavily-armed members of the NPA's Guerrilla Front 73.
Two militiamen, under the 73rd Infantry Battalion, were
wounded in the clash, they were identified as Delmar Tumapang and Renato
Catanos, both residents of Upper Sepaka .
The weapons of the two were seized by the NPAs.
The rebels retreated when they heard that reinforcing units
were on the way.
The wounded were taken to the South
Cotabato Provincial
Hospital in Koronadal City
Extortion is being eyed as the motive for the attack as the
NPA is demanding three percent of the construction cost of the project in
exchange for immunity.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=781346
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