Five soldiers of the 8th Infantry Battalion were wounded
after a rebel improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Kitaotao, Bukidnon
on Sunday morning.
Capt. Alberto Caber, Eastern Mindanao Command public affairs
office chief, said the wounded troopers were conducting pursuit operations
against New People's Army (NPA) forces at Barangay Pagan, Kitaotao town when
the explosion took place at 8:20 a.m.
A five-minute firefight transpired and resulted in the
wounding of an undetermined number of rebels.
Caber identified the wounded soldiers as 2nd Lt. Noel
Manalang, Sgt. Ruel Lavalle, Pfc. Abdurasan Ibnomusa, Pfc. Ravi Pamalison and
Pfc. Marvin Dancel
He said that the perpetrators are members of the Guerrilla
Front 53, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee of the NPA, who were responsible
for the aborted liquidation attempt of White Kulaman Barangay chairman Felipe
S. Cabugnason last Saturday.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=806327
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