Sunday, February 28, 2016

Soldier hurt in series of NPA attacks

From the Manila Bulletin (Feb 27): Soldier hurt in series of NPA attacks

Butuan city – A soldier has been wounded in a series of attacks launched by the New People’s Army in the last three days as the military accused the insurgents of trying to disrupt its peace and development operations in the two Agusan provinces, the Army said yesterday.

According to First Lt. Edgar Lemuel L. Adajar, civil military operation officer (CMO) of the 23rd Infantry Battalion (23 IB), Pfc. Mark Michael Buendia was slightly wounded when armed men, believed to be communist rebels, assaulted government “Bayanihan Teams” in Sitio Kitondow, Barangay Sangay in Buenavista Agusan del Norte Friday.

Adajar said the soldiers were engaged by the rebels at 3 p.m., resulting in a 15-minute gun battle where, he added, “an undetermined number of NPAs were wounded.”

“The NPAs deny the delivery of government basic services and projects to the communities and it is unfortunate and sad that our soldiers were encountered while serving the people,” Adajar charged.
 
“Our troops were there to conduct peace and development operations as part of the national government development efforts and these anti-development NPAs wanted to block,” he added.

On the same day, another group of NPA rebels was reported to have harassed residents of Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur.

On Thursday, some 40 heavily-armed men, who were also tagged as NPA insurgents, burned a sawmill and several equipment in the outskirts of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte.

As of press time, troops from the 401st Infantry Brigade have been dispatched to chase after the rebels in both Agusan provinces.

http://www.mb.com.ph/soldier-hurt-in-series-of-npa-attacks/

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