From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 8): Gov’t troops capture NPA rebel in Quezon
In pursuit of their intensified military offensives, government troopers captured a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel and recovered M 16 rifles firearms during a follow-up operation Tuesday in San Andres, Quezon.
2ID Public Affairs Chief 1Lt. Xy-zon M. Meneses reported Wednesday the intensified operations were carried out by the 2nd Jungle Fighter Company of the 85th Infantry Battalion of the 201st Brigade under the Philippine Army’s 2nd Infantry Division (2ID) based here.
Colonel Lenard Agustin, commander of the 201st Brigade said around seven high- powered firearms consisting of two AK 47, four M16 rifles and M203 were already recovered by the army troopers.
Agustin said the captured NPA rebel will be turned over to the Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) on Wednesday for validation.
The 201st brigade commander further reported that one civilian was wounded during the encounter.
The victim was identified as 22 year-old Jennifer Yuson, resident of Camflora in San Andres, Quezon, who sustained gunshot wound on her left arm and was immediately brought to the Camp Nakar Station Hospital.
Major General Rhoderick Parayno, 2ID commander said the troops are currently conducting reconnaissance operations to check if there were still other firearms, ammunition and explosives left at the encounter site.
Parayno stressed that the military offensives and the capture of the NPA rebel are the results of the 2ID’s continuous operations since the termination of the ceasefire.
He assessed that “the defeat of the enemies shows the NPAs are slowly getting hard up especially now that the communities are reporting their presence.”
1Lt. Meneses also cited 2ID record following the ceasefire termination that the army division here has already neutralized seven NPAs and has recovered 11 high-powered firearms along with various ammunition and explosives.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=969983
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