CAMP GUILLERMO NAKAR, Lucena City – Five (5) soldiers and two (2) civilians were hurt in separate IED explosion perpetrated by NPAs in Bicol over the weekend.
In Camarines Norte, four (4) soldiers and two (2) military dependents were hurt when an IED explosion hit a KM450 military truck around 8:30 a.m. today (March 20) along Mahawan-hawan Road in Labo as it traversed its way to Labo Public Market supposedly to buy food provisions of the unit.
The wounded soldiers were identified as: Cpl Reynaldo V. Rivera, Pfc Ricky R. Obina, Pfc Rodelio D. Urbano, Jr and Pfc Carl0n Z. Duriza. The names of the two military dependents were not disclosed for security considerations.
In Sorsogon, Army 2nd Lieutenant Jonathan O. Baay of the 31st Infantry Battalion was hit by fragments from an IED blast during a five (5) minute encounter with 10 NPA rebels during combat operations in Barangays Union and Sangat of Gubat town around 10:15 a.m. Saturday (March 19).
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 projected over a wide area posing an unpredictable threat and great risks to innocent civilians.
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