DWDD: FIREFIGHT | 17IB clash with Communist Terrorist group in Cagayan

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Apr 24): FIREFIGHT  |  17IB clash with Communist Terrorist group in Cagayan

  

CAMP GEN SERVILLANO AQUINO, Tarlac City (DWDD) – Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) army troopers clashed with the New People’s Army in the province of Cagayan on April 21, 2018.

Troops under the 17th Infantry Battalion (17IB) of the Joint Task Force “Tala” under the 7th Infantry Division (7ID) encountered more or less thirty (30) Communist New People’s Army Terrorist Group (CNTGs) in Sitio Tallat, Barangay Masi, Rizal, Cagayan.

The firefight lasted for about forty-five (45) minutes wherein the NPAs withdrew towards the northeast direction. This incident also resulted to the on-site recovery of one (1) improvised Cal .22; one (1) Icom Radio; three (3) jungle packs; four (4) improvised explosive devises (IEDs), including one (1) 12-volt motolite battery and wires; medicine pack; and subversive documents.

The encounter took place as a response to the information provided by the residents on the presence of an armed group in their barangay. The informants are those locals who were fed-up of atrocities perpetrated by the NPAs in the area, as well as those who fall victims of their terror acts.

NOLCOM will continue to conduct Focused Military Operations (FMO) in its area of responsibility to make the communist terrorist group insignificant, allowing development in NPA affected areas in Northern and Central Luzon, in cooperation with the populace, civil society organizations (CSOs) and the local government units (LGUs). NOLCOM / MCAG

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