Two soldiers, one of them a commissioned officer, were
wounded after being ambushed by New People's Army (NPA) fighters in Matnog,
Sorsogon Monday afternoon.
The wounded soldiers were members of the 203rd Infantry
Brigade quick reaction force conducting security patrols for Monday's elections
when attacked by rebels at 3:35 p.m.
Lt. Col. Angelo Guzman, Southern Luzon Command spokesperson,
said the NPAs detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) while the
soldiers' KM-450 truck was passing through Barangay Pangi, wounding two
soldiers who were identified as 2nd Lt. Ariel Cayton and Sgt. Joventico
Serafica.
After this, the rebels fired upon the troops, triggering a
four-minute gun battle.
The wounded personnel were immediately taken to the Sorsogon Doctors
Hospital in Sorsogon City
Guzman said security operations being conducted by the
ambushed troops was part of the efforts to secure the passage of board of
elections inspectors and poll materiel.
The road to Barangay Pangi connects Barangays Salvacion,
Irosin and Matnog.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=883869
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