Rebels torch container van's gen set in San Agustin town

From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 14): Rebels torch container van's gen set in San Agustin town

SAN AGUSTIN, Surigao del Sur – Around 15 fully armed men reportedly flagged down and burned the generator set of a container van owned by Rosendo Casino while traversing the national highway in Barangay Salvacion here on Wednesday, July 13.

Initial report from the Police Provincial Police (PPO) revealed that the said container van was loaded with bananas from the DOLE warehouse in Tabon-tabon, Tago town heading for Davao City.

While traversing the said place, the said container van was flagged down by the fully armed men who introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA).

The rebels accordingly instructed the driver to separate the tractor head and park along the center of the national highway.

Few minutes after, the suspects reportedly fled to the mountainous area of Purok 6, Barangay Salvacion, while the San Agustin Fire Station personnel arrived and declared fire out around 1:00 p.m. on the same day.

The Police Provincial Saftey Company based in Tagmalinao, Cagwait and the Philippine Army immediately conducted hot pursuit operations to run after the lawless armed group.

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