A squad of soldiers clashed with around 20 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and eventually seized their encampment in Sitio Baliswang Complex, Barangay Cawayanin, in this town, last Saturday morning.
Army soldiers from the 74th Infantry Battalion, led by a certain “Sergeant Bicaran,” engaged the rebels in a 30-minute gun battle that started at 9:15 a.m. last Saturday.
Subsequently, the rebels were forced to retreat and abandon their camp, which the army troopers overran without a single casualty on the government side.
The camp, which can accommodate up to 30 persons, was marked with blood stains which suggested the rebels suffered casualties.
Troopers also collected at the battle site an improvised explosive device; a long magazine for an M-16; two ammunitions for an M-203; nine bullets for an M-16; electrical wires; and foodstuffs.
Meanwhile, police and military forces were conducting hot pursuit operations against the rebels in Mulanay town as of yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/military-seizes-npa-camp/
Army soldiers from the 74th Infantry Battalion, led by a certain “Sergeant Bicaran,” engaged the rebels in a 30-minute gun battle that started at 9:15 a.m. last Saturday.
Subsequently, the rebels were forced to retreat and abandon their camp, which the army troopers overran without a single casualty on the government side.
The camp, which can accommodate up to 30 persons, was marked with blood stains which suggested the rebels suffered casualties.
Troopers also collected at the battle site an improvised explosive device; a long magazine for an M-16; two ammunitions for an M-203; nine bullets for an M-16; electrical wires; and foodstuffs.
Meanwhile, police and military forces were conducting hot pursuit operations against the rebels in Mulanay town as of yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/military-seizes-npa-camp/
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