Five soldiers and two civilians were hurt in two separate
improvised device explosive (IED) attacks by the New People's Army (NPA) in
Bicol and Sorsogon over the weekend.
The first incident took place in Camarines Norte Sunday
morning, said Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) spokesperson Lt. Col. Angelo
Guzman.
The IED attack transpired at 8:30 a.m. and victimized four
soldiers and two military dependents aboard a KM-450 military truck, which was
mined, while passing along Mahawan-hawan
Road
The wounded soldiers were identified as Cpl. Reynaldo V.
Rivera, Pfc. Ricky R. Obina, Pfc. Rodelio D. Urbano Jr and Pfc Carlon Z.
Duriza.
While the names of the two military dependents were not
disclosed for security reasons.
In the second incident which took place in Sorsogon, 2nd Lt.
Jonathan O. Baay of the 31st Infantry Battalion was hit by fragments from an
IED blast during a five-minute encounter with 10 NPA rebels during combat
operations in Barangays Union and Sangat of Gubat town around 10:15 a.m.
Saturday.
Field units are conducting pursuit operations in connection
to the two incidents.
SOLCOM denounces the NPAs use of IEDs as the fragments from
its blast are propelled over a wide area posing an unpredictable threat and
great risks to innocent civilians.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=868529
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