Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) units are now tracking the
New People's Army (NPA) band who conducted a series of atrocities that resulted
in the death of one civilian, wounding of a militiaman, and destruction of
10-wheeler truck in Loreto town, Agusan Del Sur Saturday morning.
The rebels are under the NPA Southern Mindanao Regional
Committee which is led by one Maximo Catarata.
Capt. Alberto Caber, EMC public affairs office chief, in a
statement Monday, identified the slain civilian as Roel Sarona, a resident of
Barangay Bugdangan, Loreto town.
The victim was on his way to his farm at Sitio Yamaticon, of
the above-mentioned barangay, when flagged and stabbed dead by NPA bandits led
by a certain "Ronnie".
After the incident, another group of rebels stopped unarmed
militiaman Martin Arroyo in Purok 3, Bugdangan, and shot him twice.
Arroyo was brought by concerned citizen to Laak Provincial
Hospital
In another incident, a 10- wheeler truck owned by a certain
Simplicio Samar, a resident of Tagum
City
After the incident, the bandits withdrew towards Barangay
Ampunan, Laak, Compostela
Valley Province
The soldiers of 26th Infantry Battalion under Lt. Col.
Rolando Dumawa are now pursuing the rebels.
"The NPA bandits want to regain Loreto as their
guerilla base, and we will not allow it to happen," he added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=794054
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