Cafgu, son latest casualties of NPA atrocity in Quezon

From the Daily Tribune (Dec 15): Cafgu, son latest casualties of NPA atrocity in Quezon

Communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed on Wednesday night a government militiaman and his son in Quezon province.

Police report identified the victims as Manaolito Alcantara, 48, a member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit-Armed Auxiliary (CAA), and his son Randy, 29.

Report showed that the two were having dinner inside their house in Sitio Hacienda, Barangay Inabuan, San Francisco town at around 7:30 p.m. when three armed men barged in.

The three,one of them identified as Joseph de los Santos, immediately fired at the victims.

De los Santos, alias Ka Bingot, is a known NPA member. His two cohorts were not identified.

The elder Alcantara died on the spot while Randy was rushed to the San Francisco District Hospital but expired.

Recovered from the crime scene were 12 pieces of empty shells from caliber 5.56 and four spent shells for caliber .9mm.

Government troops immediately launched manhunt operation against the communist rebels.

In Nueva Ecija, government troops seized assorted New People’s Army (NPA) materiel, including two M-16 automatic rifles, following an encounter with rebels in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija Wednesday morning.

The incident took place around 7:15 a.m. at the vicinity of Sitio Dalipawen, Barangay Bunga of the above-mentioned locality, Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) spokesman Lt. Col. Isagani Nato said.

Nato said troops from the 84th Infantry Battalion were conducting combat patrols in the area when it chanced upon 10 NPAs, triggering a 15-minute firefight.

The fleeing rebels left behind two M-16 automatic rifles, two magazines, a sweatshirt, and assorted food.

No losses or casualties from government troops in the said fighting, Nato said.

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