The Philippine Army in Bicol is on alert as three
unidentified members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in three
separate encounters in Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte on Monday, a military
official said Wednesday.
Brigadier Gen. Allan F. Martin, deputy commander of the 9th
Infantry Division in Bicol, said they anticipated the increased movement of the
NPA rebels as the anniversary of the NPA founding on March 29 nears.
Martin said they are on the lookout to the plenum of the
central committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines
Col. Ferozaldo Paul T. Regencia, deputy commander of the
902nd Infantry Brigade operating in Camarines Norte, said there were two
encounters in Camarines Norte on March 21.
Regencia said the first encounter happened in Alanaw, Lupi,
Camarines Sur about 6 a.m., 28 km from the second encounter at past 5 p.m. in
Barangay San Rafael, Basud, Camarines Norte where two unidentified male NPA
rebels were killed in the firefight.
He said that in the first encounter, the Army recovered from
the site backpacks, personal belongings and documents.
M16 rifle, M203, live bullets and 14 improvised explosive
devices, including wires, were recovered, the Army officer added.
Regencia said the Army was able to figure out that the NPA
rebels were about to attack a bigger detachment in Alanaw, Lupi, Camarines Sur
but they were prevented by the government security forces.
He said the Army helicopter was able to retrieve the bodies
of the two unidentified NPA rebels at past 11 a.m. on Tuesday, which were
brought to the police station of Basud town for identification and relatives to
claim them.
Lt. Col. Arnel B. Bautista, commanding officer involved in
the operation on Monday, said they believe the heightened armed activities of
the NPA were related to the celebration of the 47th founding anniversary of the
NPA.
Bautista said they are trying to analyze where the big
number of about 30 NPA rebels came from and they suspected that they may have
come from different provinces in Bicol.
On the same day, another NPA rebel was also killed in a
separate encounter in Barangay Antolon, Caramoan, Camarines Sur with no
casualty on the side of the government security forces.
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