Saturday, August 29, 2015

Army K-9 team helps recover remains of landslide victim in Benguet

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 29): Army K-9 team helps recover remains of landslide victim in Benguet

A Philippine Army (PA) K-9 team led rescuers to the remains of one of the landslide victims in the mining area of Mankayan, Benguet late Friday afternoon.

The K-9 team, one of the two deployed by the PA in the area, and headed by by Sgt. Wilfredo M. Fiesta, successfully retrieved one male cadaver, believed to be one of the missing pocket miners, while conducting search-and-retrieval operations at the landslide area at Barangay Taneg, Mankayan, Benguet at 4:20 p.m. Friday.

Col. Benjamin Hao, PA spokesperson, said the body is unidentified as of this time.

He added that their K-9 teams will continue to participate in the ongoing search-and-retrieval efforts.

Around 12 miners in the region were believed buried in the landslide during the onslaught of Typhoon "Ineng" last week.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=798496

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