CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while an Army soldier was wounded in a series of fierce gun battles on Sunday at the hinterland area of Pang-uwayan, Zapanta Valley, in Kitcharao town, Agusan del Norte, the military said d yesterday.
Initial report said troops of the 29th Infantry Battalion (29th IB) under the command of Lt. Col. Ariel Orio seized some war materials, including an AK-47 rifle from the slain rebels who were members of the Front Committee 16-A and Front Committee 21-A of the CPP/NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee.
Patrolling troops of 29th IB and heavily armed NPA fighters engaged in almost 30-minute clash at about 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, wounding an Army soldier.
The second gunbattle took place at 8:30 a.m. at Pang-uwayan area where two NPA rebels were killed and scores of others critically wounded.
“This time operating troops of Bravo Company (29th IB) captured an AK 47 rifle and undetermined number of live bullets from the running rebels,” Col. Rey Pasco, commanding officer of 4th Civil Military Operations (4th CMO) based here said.
On the same day at 10:40 a.m., elements of Bravo Company in nearby Jabonga area engaged members of Front Committee 21-A in a firefight.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/11/17/2-npa-killed-soldier-hurt-in-clashes/
Initial report said troops of the 29th Infantry Battalion (29th IB) under the command of Lt. Col. Ariel Orio seized some war materials, including an AK-47 rifle from the slain rebels who were members of the Front Committee 16-A and Front Committee 21-A of the CPP/NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee.
Patrolling troops of 29th IB and heavily armed NPA fighters engaged in almost 30-minute clash at about 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, wounding an Army soldier.
The second gunbattle took place at 8:30 a.m. at Pang-uwayan area where two NPA rebels were killed and scores of others critically wounded.
“This time operating troops of Bravo Company (29th IB) captured an AK 47 rifle and undetermined number of live bullets from the running rebels,” Col. Rey Pasco, commanding officer of 4th Civil Military Operations (4th CMO) based here said.
On the same day at 10:40 a.m., elements of Bravo Company in nearby Jabonga area engaged members of Front Committee 21-A in a firefight.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/11/17/2-npa-killed-soldier-hurt-in-clashes/
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