The military has uncovered an armed factory of the communist
New People’s Army (NPA) in the hinterlands of Kitao-tao, Bukidnon during a
search warrant of one of the village houses there, the military reported
Saturday.
Capt. Norman Tagros, the spokesperson of the army’s 8th
Infantry Battalion based here, said that the raiding troops seized firearms and
various war paraphernalia after the military encountered armed resistance when
the raiding team tried to serve the warrant three days ago last Wednesday.
Seized were one M-16 rifle, six Improvised Explosive Devices
(IED), 60 pieces blasting caps, 900 meters of danger explosive, detonating
cord, eight pieces IED molders, one-half kilo sulfur powder, one lower receiver
of cal. 45 pistols, subversive documents and an NPA rebel flag.
He said that some of the IEDs that were recovered were found
buried along the trails within the periphery of the barangay, posing great
danger to the residents of the community.
Tagros said that the military is now conducting a probe to
determine whether the NPA rebels have been using the area as a site of the
illegal explosive factory.
According to Tagros, the residents in the area formally
filed a complaint with the local court after executing an affidavit about
alleged NPA abuses, recruitment and illegal possession of firearms and IEDs
perpetrated by some local barangay folks who were influenced by the communist
rebels.
He said that some militant groups who introduced themselves
as members of a human rights group from Arakan, North
Cotabato held a protest in a bid to stop the law enforcers from
serving the search warrants in the village.
However, the local residents drove the protesters away and
guided the military to a successful raid that led to the discovery of the war
factory in the village, Tagros said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=798531
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