A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while
Army soldiers recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a series
of firefights that erupted Wednesday morning in Compostela Valley
In a statement, Capt. Rhyan Batchar, chief of the Public
Affairs Office (PAO) of the 10th Infantry Division, said that the first
incident took place at 9:55 a.m. at Sitio Panganason, Brgy.
Napnapan in Pantukan town when soldiers of the 46th Infantry Battalion engaged
the fleeing NPA members under the command of a certain Raden.
The second incident occurred at 10 a.m. and lasted 20
minutes at Tabon-Tabon, Sitio Putingbato, Brgy. Ngan in the municipality of Compostela
No soldiers were hurt in the two clashes but a still
unidentified alleged NPA member was reportedly killed during the second
incident, where the two IEDs were also recovered.
Maj. Gen. Ragel Valencia ,
10ID commander, said: “Our use of legitimate force against the NPAs shall
continue until the NPAs abandon violence paving the way for peace and
development in Compostela
Valley Province
Government soldiers have already launched pursuit
operations.
Minor NPA member captured
In another encounter on Tuesday, a minor member of the NPA
was captured while a wounded rebel died upon arriving at a hospital in Pantukan
municipality.
“A soldier was wounded, high-powered firearms recovered and
two fleeing wounded NPAs were captured in a checkpoint after the armed clash,”
a military press statement said.
The wounded soldier was identified as Cpl. Boskie Carcellar,
who sustained a gunshot wound on his left chest. He was then airlifted to Camp Panacan
Station Hospital
in Davao City
The statement added that the two NPA members – identified as
Ronel Paas, 35, resident of Lower Lahi , Purok
6, Magnaga, Pantukan; and Ric (not his real name), 14, of Purok 3, Brgy.
Panibasa, Maco – were arrested at the checkpoint in Brgy. Tibagon.
They were
brought to a hospital accompanied by personnel from the Pantukan Municipal
Police Station.
But Paas succumbed to a gunshot wound on his lower chest
while the minor NPA combatant survived with a gunshot wound on his lower left
leg.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development and the
Commission on Human Rights were tapped to look into the case of the young NPA
member.
“Some of the NPAs, including the wounded, sought refuge in
the mining tunnels in the area. Soldiers tried to pursue them but they had a
hard time finding their way inside the tunnels as some of the passageways are
very narrow,” the military said.
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