Mining company bunkhouse, pick-up truck torched by NPA

From the Mindanao Times (May 8): Mining company bunkhouse, pick-up truck torched by NPA

TEMPORARY structures of a mining company were burned by communist rebels around 5 a.m. on Saturday in Salingkomot, Sitio Magum, Barangay Macambol, Mati City in Davao Oriental.
Lt. Col. Reuben Basiao, the commander of 701st Infantry Brigade, told TIMES that 11 fully armed members of Section Committee (SeCom) 18, SRC 2, SMRC burned the kitchen area and caretaker bunkhouse of the company.

Basiao said they also burned the Toyota pick-up of MI-ORO Mining Corporation.

According to the report, the perpetrators commandeered a Kia bongo light truck and headed towards Cabuaya then burned the vehicle.

The troops of 701st Infantry Brigade immediately cleared the area via water transport as the land routes have been laid with land mines. They also set up checkpoints and deployed blocking forces in the hopes of intercepting the fleeing NPAs.

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