Troopers from the 10th Infantry Division have captured a New
People's Army (NPA) improvised explosive device (IED) cache and several weapons
and other war materiel during operations in Kapalong town, Davao Del Norte last
Sunday.
In a statement Wednesday, Capt. Rhyan Batchar, 10th Infantry
Division public affairs office chief, said the operation took place in Sitio
Muling, Barangay Gupitan.
Troopers from the 60th Infantry Battalion and their
militiamen counterparts from the 72nd Infantry Battalion were checking on the
suspected NPA IED factory in the said location when encountered an undetermined
number of rebels around 5 a.m., triggering a 20-minute firefight, which ended
with the retreat of the insurgents.
No was hurt among the government troops
Batchar said the rebels were from Guerrilla Front 34 of the
Southern Mindanao Regional Committee.
Seized were two .30 caliber Garand rifles, an improvised
grenade launcher, 11 cartridges of improvised 60mm grenade, seven cartridges of
40mm grenade, five improvised anti-personnel landmine, four cartridges of
anti-personnel landmine, three cartridges of anti-tank landmine, 18 sticks of
dynamite superdyne; 280-meter detonating cord, 11 boxes of 6.35 steel ball, 65
pieces of toggle switch, 200 pieces of Zener diode, 500 pieces of series
lights, a soldering gun, an automatic voltage regulator, a mini lathe machine
with accessories, a drilling machine, a bar cutter, a grinding machine, a
sewing machine and a single phase motor.
10th Infantry Division commander Major Rafael Valencia
lauded the soldiers of 60th and 72nd Infantry Battalions for their feat against
the NPAs and the subsequent discovery of the IED cache.
“Our soldiers did not only save lives of our own men but
they also spared civilian lives from the NPAs’ wanton use of IED without regard
for the safety of the people in the community,” he said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=860252
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