Rebel body found in Agusan Sur

From the Manila Times (Mar 17): Rebel body found in Agusan Sur

A DECAYED body of a New Peoples’ Army (NPA) member, together with an AK47 rifle, five magazines and ammunitions, were recovered by government troopers in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday.

1st Lt. Tere Ingente, the spokesperson of 4th Infantry Division, said that earlier that day, residents of Barangay Bunawan Brooks reported to the Community Support Team (CST) of the 75th Infantry Battalion that a cadaver was found in Road 1K.

Lt. Col. Jaime Datuin, the 75IB commanding officer, said the information given by the populace “led to the recovery of the decayed body.”

“Further, it can now be given decent burial,” Datuin said adding that the NPA guerilla apparently left their comrade. “They don’t look

after the welfare of their comrades.”

Last Feb. 18, government troopers also recovered two bodies of suspected rebels believed to be abandoned by their comrades in the same area.

Col. Andres Centino, the commander of the 401st Infantry Brigade based in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, said the latest recovered body could belong to a NPA rebel who was killed in the Feb. 18 encounter.

A series of encounters transpired in the hinterlands of Bunawan Brooks from Feb. 14, to 17, resulting to the seizure of different war materials such as improvised explosive device, detonating cord, detonating switch and blasting cap, 50 meters wire, one magazine for AK47 rifle and 30 rounds of ammunition.

“This is not the first time that the NPA terrorists left the dead body of their cohorts,” Maj. Gen. Ronald Villanueva, commander of 4th Infantry division, said.

“As a matter of fact, a month ago, they left three bodies of their cohorts after the series of encounters with our troops in 401st Brigade,” Villanueva said.

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