NPA killed in Iloilo

From Malaysia Business Insight (Nov 14): NPA killed in Iloilo

A MEMBER of the New People’s Army was killed in a clash with government forces in Igbaras town in Iloilo Monday, the military said yesterday.

The firefight also foiled an NPA plan to burn facilities of the Century Peak Energy Corp. in the town, said Lt. Col. Sisenando Magbalot Jr., commander of the Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion.

Magbalot said his battalion conducted combat operations after receiving information about the planned attack on the firm which he said has refused to give in to the NPA’s extortion demands.

The 30-minute clash occurred at around 11:20 a.m. between troops and about 10 NPA members in Sitio Butuan in Barangay Igcabugao.

During clearing operation, soldiers recovered the body, a backpack, improvised bomb, a bandolier, and three gallons of gasoline.

Magbalot said six members of the NPA’s Militia ng Bayan group and three other civilians were held after they were found in the encounter site.

“We did not recover any firearm or ammunition from them so eventually they were released last night,” he said.

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