A suspected assassin of the communist New People’s Army
(NPA) was killed in a “chance” encounter with government troopers in Bukidnon,
a police report reaching here Thursday said.
Police identified the fatality as Nardo Balite, a.k.a
“Kumander Bugsong,” believed to be the team leader of the NPA Sparrow Unit of
Front 55.
The Sparrow Unit, is the dreaded assassin team of the NPA
that operates on specific target personalities, which was active in the '80s.
Police investigator Nestor K. Aniñon of the San Fernando
Municipal Police Station in Bukidnon, said that the shootout with government
troops occurred in Kalagangan, a mountain village of San Fernando Tuesday
afternoon.
He said a team from the Army's 68th Infantry Battalion
(68IB) was conducting an “administrative movement” when fired upon by the
suspect who was with three other suspects on board a motorcycle.
Aniñon said the government troops fired back, which resulted
in the killing of Balite. The three other suspects reportedly fled, leaving
behind the motorcycle.
The responding policemen recovered one unit black Honda 155
TMX motorcycle with plate number MC32450KT, one 9 mm pistol with a magazine and
one magazine of a .45 caliber pistol.
Aniñon said that the municipal health officer of San Fernando
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=860820
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