A joint team of Philippine National Police personnel from
Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office dismantled an illegally set up
checkpoint allegedly by the New People's Army Monday morning at a hinter
village, 15 kilometers from the town proper of a municipality along the highway
of a southern province in the region.
Reports from Agusan del Sur provincial police reaching the
regional headquarters here on Tuesday said that the joint teams of police
personnel led by PSInsp. Jerry Fernandez, PCInsp. Joel Villamor and PCInsp.
Bonifacio Estrella responded to the reports that about 40 communist rebels were
setting up an illegal checkpoint at Purok 2, Barangay San Jose, Prosperidad
town (about 15 kilometers from the town proper) in Agusan del Sur on Monday
morning.
The police team, however, recovered only the signage marked
"NPA Checkpoint" as the rebels fled in haste upon seeing the
approaching lawmen. The fleeing rebels accordingly fired their guns
indiscriminately, hitting a house owned by a resident identified as Mrs. Jelly
Rose Molina Vadueza.
Police investigation disclosed that at 7:00 a.m. yesterday,
the rebels set up their checkpoint at a road in the area and forcibly flagged
down every passing vehicle. The residents in the area reported the incident to
the police, which immediately dispatched some teams to respond and verify the
said reports.
The police and their counterparts from the Philippine Army
are now conducting hot pursuit operations and have restored the easy flow of
the traffic in the said area.
Meanwhile, an NPA rebel died and a AK 47 rifle was recovered
as another encounter sparked between the remnants of the rebels and the
government troopers belonging to the 401st Infantry Brigade at a hinter village of Barangay Bangonay
Army sources said that the government troops were tracking
down the same NPA group they encountered a few days ago at the outskirts of
Jabonga and Kitcharao towns of Agusan del Norte.
The Army said that this was the 20th armed engagement since
last month that had already resulted in the death of at least three NPA rebels,
the recovery of an M14 and 6 AK 47 rifles, 4 landmines, four hand held radios,
17 rounds of 60mm, 5 rounds of 81mm mortars and NPA belongings including
subversive documents with high intelligence value.
The Communist Party of the Philippines
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=871008
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