“Our soldiers were conducting Bayanihan activities when
attacked by 10 armed men at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday by members of the Sparu of
the New People’s Army,” said Captain Marjorie Panesa, regional spokesperson of
the Army’s 9th Infantry Division, claimed.
Three members of the communist group were killed in the
resulting broad daylight encounter with the Philippine Army troops in Barangay
Bacolod, Irosin Sorsogon on Thursday.
Panesa said the three rebels were members of the so-called
Special Partisan Unit (Sparu) of the communist guerrillas operating in Sorsogon
province under the Larangan 2 of the Bicol Regional Party Committee.
The Army soldiers under the 31st Infantry Battalion and
headed by Capt. Rory Esico and Capt. Jay Dumaog were conducting house-to-house
dialogues when they encountered the communist dissidents, the Army spokesperson
said.
The firefight lasted for 15 minutes before the communist
insurgents fled in different directions.
After the fierce fight, the three rebels were found dead and
the government troops recovered three .45-caliber pistols and one grenade in
the battle field.
Two soldiers wounded in action and were identified as Army
Corporal Alfredo Durana and Private First Class Joey Turado.
Meanwhile, in Masbate province, a soldier was gunned down in
San Jacinto, Ticao Island at about 9 a.m. by communist insurgents under
the Larangan North, formerly known as Front Committee 83 Central, BRPC, Masbate .
According to Panesa, the soldier of Army’s 9th Infantry
Battalion was shot to death by three Sparu members while on his way from
Bagacay port to mainland Masbate to send money
to his family.
The rebels withdrew using two motorized bancas after the
killing, she said.
A squad of government troopers immediately proceeded to the
area but a landmine planted by the insurgents alone the route exploded.
No casualty was reported after the explosion.
Army Col. Cesar M. Idio, commander of the Army’s 903rd
Infantry Brigade, condemned the rebels action for violation of the
International Humanitarian Law for using landmine.
"We extend our deepest sympathies to the families and
friends of our soldiers and the NPAs killed. It is tragic that the NPAs who
were killed had taken arms against the Filipino nation when the Sorsoganons
understand that only through peace can development and social justice be
attained. We condemn the NPA’s use of landmine, because it is a clear violation
of the International Humanitarian Law," Idio lamented.
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