Three people, including two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels,
were killed in a clash with government forces in the hinterlands of Zamboanga
del Sur, a military official announced Wednesday.
Major Filemon Tan Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom)
spokesman, said the clash took place around 3:05 p.m. Tuesday at Purok 7,
Barangay Supon, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur.
Tan said the troops from the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion
backed by members of the Civilian Volunteer Organization (CVO) were conducting
security operation when they chanced upon a group of NPA rebels in Barangay
Supon, Bayog town.
Tan said a firefight ensued that resulted to the death of
two NPA rebels and a CVO member on the government side.
Tan identified the slain NPA rebels as a certain Ka Nilo and
Ka Cherry, both members of the NPA’s Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda
(SYP)-KARA.
He said the remains of the slain NPA rebels, which the
troops recovered, were turned over to the village authorities for proper
disposition.
He said the troops have recovered an M-16 Armalite rifle,
subversive documents, medical paraphernalia and other personal belongings
abandoned by the other members of SYP-KARA, who fled leading behind their dead
comrades.
Tan did not release the identity of the slain CVO based in
Barangay Supon, Bayog.
He said the military continues to support the police and the
local government units in the conduct of law enforcement operations to pin down
NPA members in the province
of Zamboanga del Sur.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=901621
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