NPA attacks Army detachment

From the Malaya Business Insight (Nov 29): NPA attacks Army detachment

NEW People’s Army rebels on Tuesday attacked an Army detachment in Hinoba-an town in Negros Occidental, one of the areas where additional forces will be deployed under President Duterte’s Memorandum Order No. 32.

A police report said one of the soldiers manning the detachment was wounded during the attack on the Army’s Bugtong Kahoy Patrol Base in Barangay Asia at around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The soldier, identified as S/Sgt. Ricky Ignacio of the Army’s 12th Infantry Battalion, was hit in the buttock. He was brought to the Eleuterio Decena Memorial Hospital.

No one was reported killed or injured on the NPA side.

MO32, issued last week, calls for the deployment of more soldiers and policemen in the Samar and Negros provinces and the Bicol region to address lawless violence.

Security officials later said MO32 was aimed at the New People’s Army which has stepped up atrocities in these areas.

The PNP has said a company of Special Action Force will be deployed in each of the provinces while the Armed Forces said it will be consulting with the defense department as to the number of soldiers to be sent to the areas.

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