Hundreds of residents of Aloran town in Misamis Occidental were forced to flee their homes after an intense gun battle erupted between soldiers and suspected communist rebels, police said Tuesday.
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A report reaching Camp Crame in Quezon City said that the military had to send an attack helicopter against the rebels at the height of the gunfight on Monday afternoon.
“The Armed Forces of the Philippines also provided artillery in Barangay Sinampungan,” the statement read, adding that the rebels are believed to be under the Section Committee Sendong operating in the northern part of Mindanao.
There were no reported casualties on both sides but the local police said the firefight resulted in the evacuation of residents.
The latest report was that the number of evacuees at the Aloran Gymnasium was at 54 families composed of 218 people.
Police and military forces have intensified the operations against the communist rebels after the peace talks bogged down last year.
The government also sought for the declaration of the communist rebels, and their political wing Communist Party of the Philippines as terrorists.
Security forces are now bracing for intensified attacks from the communist rebels who are set to celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the New People’s Army.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/03/20/terrorists-battle-soldiers-in-misamis-hundreds-of-residents-leave-homes/
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