A lieutenant and two soldiers from the 46th Infantry
Battalion were killed while two others were wounded in two separate encounters
with New People's Army (NPA) bandits in Panutukan town, Compostela Valley
Capt. Rhyan Batchar, 10th Infantry Division public affairs
office chief, said the first incident happened at Sitio Sapang Tin-aw, Barangay
Tibagon, Pantukan at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Government troops were on routine security patrol when they
encountered an estimated 60 NPAs belonging to the Pulang Bagani Command 3 of
the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee.
The rebels retreated after a 30-minute firefight. However,
as 46th Infantry Battalion troops were conducting clearing operations, the NPAs
detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) which killed two troopers and
wounded two others.
Batchar identified the slain troopers as 1st Lt. Ralph
Pantonial and Pfc. Eulezys Bantulo and those wounded as Pfc. Sabido and Cpl.
Velunta.
The second encounter took place 6 p.m. at Sitio Biasong,
Barangay Napnapan, Pantukan when around 10 NPAs fired upon a platoon of
soldiers from Bravo Company, of the 46th Infantry Battalion.
After a five-minute firefight the rebels withdrew going
north and burned two houses at Purok 7 of the same area during their escape.
Killed in the second clash was Pfc. Moreno. Pursuit
operations are still ongoing as of this posting.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=853705
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