Four New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists and two soldiers died Thursday night in a clash at Sitio Green Valley, Dalwangan, Malaybalay City.
Major Frankjo C. Boral, Civil Military Operation (CMO) officer of 1st Special Forces Battalion (1st SFBn) said 30 heavily armed NPAs attacked the 11-man team of 1st SFBn around 9:40 evening, where the soldiers are camped while building a Patrol Base structure in the village.
The troops were doing Community Support Program (CSP) activities in the poultry farm zone of Barangay Dalwangan as the villagers requested the army to set up a Patrol Base to protect them from NPA terrorists’ massive extortion.
Four NPA terrorists and two soldiers died Thursday night, February 14, when 30 heavily armed NPAs attacked the 11-man team of 1st SFBn around 9:40 evening, where the soldiers are camped while building a Patrol Base structure at Sitio Green Valley, Dalwangan, Malaybalay City. The soldiers are doing Community Support Program activities in the poultry farm zone of Barangay Dalwangan as the villagers requested the army to set up a Patrol Base to protect them from NPA terrorists’ massive extortion. (Capt. Ryan D. Layug, CMO Officer, 403rd Inf Bde, 4ID, PA/PIA Bukidnon)
After the approximately 30-minute gunfight, the army reported that the NPAs were overheard talking to their comrades over commercial handheld radio saying they lost four of their cohorts.
Army troops who were combing the area to track down the fleeing NPA terrorists uncovered two M16 rifles; two rounds of M16 ammo; and two unexploded anti-personnel mines (landmines).
Col. Edgardo De Leon, 403rd Bde commander, commended civilians for tipping off the bombs’ location.
“Our troops' timely recovery of the anti-personnel mines saved lives. Otherwise, people who could have picked it up out of curiosity might have been sliced off,” De Leon said.
He said the NPA's use of landmines, disregarding its mutilating effect on human body, is among the reasons why the international community, particularly the EU and the US, declared that the CPP-NPA rebels are terrorists.
“The NPA's continuing use of anti-personnel mines is a complete disregard of the Ottawa Convention banning the use of anti-personnel mines because of its mutilating effect on the victims. The NPA terrorists are not different with the ISIS terrorists who also use Anti-Personnel mines.
1st SFBn Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Sergio Macarandan Jr, meanwhile, expressed his sympathy to the fallen soldiers’ bereaved families as he directed his troops to defeat enemies by focusing on CSP. (Capt. Ryan D. Layug, CMO Officer, 403rd Inf Bde, 4ID, PA/RLRB, PIA Bukidnon)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1018797
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