Five rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed as
fresh fighting erupted anew in the hinterlands of Bukidnon Wednesday, the
military reported Thursday.
Lt. Col. Jessie Alvarez, the commanding officer of the
Army’s 403rd Brigade based in Bukidnon, reported that the armed skirmishes took
place in the mountains of Pangantucan, 161 kilometers, south of here.
In a report monitored from here, Alvarez said that two
government troopers suffered slight wounds in an hour firefight that started
about 6 p.m. Wednesday.
He said that the pursuing army troopers recovered the
unidentified bodies along the withdrawal routes of the communist rebels.
Alvarez said that the military brought the bodies to the
funeral homes in Valencia City , about 50 kilometers southeast of the municipal
town of Pangantucan
He said that the intelligence community has monitored
unidentified persons buying large quantities of medical supplies in the local
pharmacy.
Alvarez said that the military has suspected that the
medical supplies were intended for some wounded persons that resulted in a
series of armed skirmishes with the NPA rebels in Bukidnon in the past weeks.
“Our men surreptitiously monitored and followed the buyers
of medical supplies who delivered the supplies to a group of fully armed rebels
in the mountains of Pangantucan,” Alvarez said.
Aside from recovering the bodies, the military also
recovered AK 47, handheld radios, backpacks, and other subversive materials of
high intelligence value along the withdrawal route of the communist rebels,
Alvarez said.
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