A policeman died while two fellow policemen suffered gunshot
and shrapnel wounds in an ambush staged by New People's Army rebels at Barangay
Lagta, Baleno, Masbate at about 5:40 a.m.
Sunday.
PO2 Jack Brondial died on the spot when he was hit in the
head by a shrapnel coming from an improvised explosive device set off by the
rebels while PO1 Warren Amistoso and PO1 Rex Baldemoro suffered gunshot and
shrapnel wounds.
Senior Insp. Ma. Luisa Calubaquib, Police Regional Office 5
information officer, said the Baleno Municipal Police Station received a report
at about 5:30 a.m. about a dead man along the national highway in Barangay
Gangao, Baleno town.
After conducting an investigation on the dead body, the
three police officers returned to their station but upon reaching Barangay
Lagta, the rebels, waiting in an ambush position, set the improvised bomb off
while the Toyota
The rebels then peppered the vehicle with bullets, causing
its driver to lose control over it until it hit a concrete wall near the road,
about 120 meters from the explosion spot.
The law enforcers engaged the rebels in a 10-minute
firefight until a reinforcement from the Masbate Police Provincial Office,
Philippine National Police Special Action Force, Provincial Public Safety
Company and Regional Special Operation Task Group came.
The arrival of the reinforcing officers forced the
dissidents to withdraw towards a mountainous area in the direction of Aroroy, Masbate .
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=892067
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