From the Manila Bulletin (Aug 21): Rebel killed in Sultan Kudarat clash
A New People’s Army (NPA) guerrila was killed, while two others were captured after a clash with Army troops in Laguilayan Village, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, over the weekend.
Reports disclosed that troops of the 33rd Infantry Battalion were conducting patrol operations following a tip from a farmer about the presence of NPAs in the area, when they engaged more or less 30 communist rebels in Sitio Tamil-tamil, a thickly vegetated area in the Daguma Mountain Range, at about 10:30 a.m.
Capt. Raul Gandionco, the leader of the troops, said that they engaged the bandits in a running gunbattle that injured one soldier.
An NPA fighter was also killed as a result of the clash.
“We recovered an M16 Rifle, a hand grenade, and improvised bombs in the encounter site. The fleeing bandits dragged the other casualties with them,” Gandionco said.
Blocking forces led by Capt. Gleneil Ambojnon also captured two suspected NPA bandits and seized a 12-gauge shot gun.
Col. Bismarck Soliba, commander of the First Mechanized Infantry Brigade, noted that the NPA rebels, believed to be under a certain Ka George, have recruited and are training minors in their encampment.
“The employment of child warriors in armed conflict is a violation of the Geneva Convention. It is also punishable under R.A. 9851, the local law that punishes IHL violations,” he said.
Communist influence has significantly dwindled in Sultan Kudarat due to better governance and the effective delivery of social services by the local government.
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/08/21/rebel-killed-in-sultan-kudarat-clash/
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