TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur – Troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) overran a Communist New People’s Army Terrorists (CNTs) encampment after a 45-minute fierce gunbattle Friday morning in Langgawisan 1 area, Barangay Ompao, Tarragona, Davao Oriental.
(MANILA BULLETIN)
Capt. Jerry S. Lamosao, chief of Public Affairs Office (PAO) of the Army’s Southern Mindanao 10th Infantry (Agila) Division (10th ID) said combat maneuvering troops of the 4th Scout Ranger Company of the 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion Southern Command (SOCOM) under the control of the 701st Infantry Brigade encountered some 60 heavily armed CNTs at 9:35 a.m. on Friday in Langgawisan 1 area.
The CNTs were believed members of Pulahang Bagani Command 6 (PBC6) and PBC8 all of the CPP-NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC), Capt. Lamosao said.
“The firefight lasted for forty five minutes and the CNTs abandoned their camp and ran away towards different directions while some of them to the provincial border of Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental,” he said.
There was no casualty on the government forces, the 10th ID PAO chief said.
The terrorist’s encampment had 8 improvised kitchens, he said.
The government troops seized one M16 Armalite, bomb-making material including 100 meters electrical wire, improvised explosive device (IED, batteries and 3 blasting caps, assorted medical supplies, one military backpack, 3-civilian backpacks and other personal belongings with subversive documents, Capt. Lamosao added.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/07/07/afp-overruns-npa-terrorists-encampment-in-davao-oriental/
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