Two adjoining remote villages here have vowed to stand
against any attack by New Peoples’ Army (NPA) rebels following the abduction
and release this week of three locals to relay a message of an impending major
assault by the militants to the communities.
White Kulaman village chair Felipe Cabugnason confirmed to
reporters the abduction last Nov. 5 of his three constituents namely, Samuel
Paradero, a tribal leader; his son Beltran, and Jovani Rebaka, in adjacent
sitio Bayugan, Kitubo village.
Cabugnason said the three were released on the same day with
a message from the rebels for villagers to leave Kulaman and the near environs
to be spared from the attack.
Apart from White Kulaman, the NPAs also threatened to attack
the neighboring village
of Kitubo
He added that the rebels have stopped local storeowners to
buy goods from the town center to force government soldiers assigned in the
area to come out from their detachments and become easy targets of rebels'
potshots.
Cabugnason maintained that despite the security threat, they
would hold ground to repel the rebel attack even as he called on government to
send more troops in their area.
The peripheries of White Kulaman and Kitubo villages, both
situated in the border of Bukidnon and North Cotabato
provinces serve as rendezvous points of NPA guerillas when launching attacks
against government troops and installations.
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