Aside from the
bomb components and nine IEDs, government troops also seized an AK47 rifle, an
AR18 rifle, foodstuffs, 10 back packs believed to be owned by New People’s Army
(NPA) rebels and several subversive documents with high intelligence value.
These were
reportedly left behind by fleeing NPAs, who earlier figured in a 30-minute gun
battle with elements of 29th Infantry Battalion (29th IB) at nearby highland
Tagkiling area of that same barangay of Anticala early Thursday morning.
The Tagkiling encounter
left an NPA rebel dead. His identity is not still known, said Capt. Joe Patrick
A. Martinez, spokesman of Northeastern and Northern Mindanao 4th Infantry
(Diamond) Division (4th ID).
“The body of the
NPA rebel was immediately turned over to the officials of Barangay Anticala for
identification and a decent burial,” he said.
The presence of
the NPA group at the highland areas of Barangay Anticala was tipped-off by
concerned villagers who were forced to attend the insurgents’ lectures on
‘Batakang Kursong Pang Masa’ (NPA Basic Mass Course) and extortion activities,
claimed the 4th ID spokesman, quoting the report of Lt. Col. Adonis Ariel G.
Orio, commanding officer of the 29th IB.
Troops of the
29th IB immediately responded to address the residents’ complaint.
“Unmindful of the
civilians nearby, NPAs belonging to guerilla-Front Committee 21-C of the
CPP-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NMRC) indiscriminately fired
but the troops managed to maneuver to a vantage position, keeping the civilians
away from danger, Martinez
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