ONE SOLDIER was wounded when troops under 68th Infantry Battalion encountered New People’s Army rebels while they were on security patrol in Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod in Davao del Norte at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Capt. Alberto Caber, informatin officer of Eastern Mindanao Command, said that soldiers responded to the information that rebels were extorting from the communities in the area.
They clashed with the communist guerillas believed to be under Guerilla Front 55 in Southern Regional Mindanao Command. The wounded soldier was brought to Panacan Hospital for further medical treatment.
Lt. Gen. Aurelio B. Baladad, Eastern Mindanao Command commander, earlier directed military unit commanders in the region to intensify security operations in order to protect people in far-flung areas from the rebels.
Last July 2, four soldiers were wounded while four landmines recovered in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Binucayan in Agusan del Sur.
Caber said that troops under the 26th Infantry Battalion were on security patrol when they clashed with the rebels at 2:35 p.m.
The four wounded soldiers were brought to Patin-ay Hospital in Prosperidad in Agusan del Sur.
Troops were able to recover three unexploded improvised explosive devices, two rolls of electrical wires and five liters of gasoline.
Also recovered were four backpacks; raincoat; tent; assorted empty shells of high powered firearms (HPFA); sim cards and a medical kit.
Last Saturday, troops from the 26th IB recovered two M16s, one AK-47 and one M653 rifles after an encounter with more or less 20 NPAs in Sitio Tagbulete, Barangay Del Monte, Veruela, Agusan del Sur.
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