A communist rebel and a government trooper were killed in a
firefight in the village
of Sta. Fe
In a statement released Monday, Lt. Karl Jan Devaras,
spokesperson of the army’s 402nd Infantry Brigade (402IB), said that government
troopers foiled an attempt of about 10 fully armed New People’s Army (NPA) to
breach the security of the SUMIFRO Farm in Sta. Fe, Tagbina Friday evening
He said that a patrolling company of the government troopers
of the 75th Infantry Battalion (75IB) chanced upon the NPA rebels, which
resulted in a 5-minute firefight.
Devaras did not give the identities of both the casualties
from the NPA rebels and the government troopers of the 75IB in his report
Monday.
However, Devaras said, that the government troopers
recovered one improvised explosive device (IED) with a blasting cap, a
detonating cord, one caliber .45 pistols, an extortion letter, and subversive
documents.
Two weeks ago, the NPA rebels also torched the heavy
equipment rented by the Del Monte Philippine, Inc., Dole Philippines
The military has denounced the “acts of terror” committed by
the communist guerrillas in gross violation of the Comprehensive Agreement in
Respect to Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHIHL) and vowed
that the government would incessantly pursue the culprits to be made answerable
to the law.
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