YOUNG REBEL. "Kent", a young NPA rebel, is provided with first aid by 29th IB soldiers at the encounter site in Santiago, Agusan del Norte after he was abandoned by his comrades following a clash with government troops. The armed encounter occurred in Barangay San Isidro, Santiago town in Agusan del Norte on Saturday (Nov. 2, 2019). (Photo courtesy of CMO, 29IB, PA)
Elements of 29th Infantry Battalion (29IB) saved a young New People’s Army (NPA) guerilla who was wounded in an armed confrontation that took place on Saturday in Barangay San Isidro, Santiago town in Agusan del Norte.
In a statement sent to the media on Sunday, 1Lt. Nonette B. Banggad, Civil-Military Officer (CMO) of 29IB, said the rebel was abandoned by his comrades upon their withdrawal after the encounter with government troops.
In the same statement, Lt. Col. Isagani O. Criste, commander of 29IB, identified the young NPA member as alias "Kent". He was immediately given first aid by the operating troops after finding him helpless in the area where his comrades made position during the encounter and later on abandoned him.
Government soldiers also recovered firearms, ammunition and other belongings of the fleeing NPA rebels.
The Army is still making an inventory of the items recovered in the encounter site as of posting time.
After providing first aid, the soldiers rushed "Kent" to a nearby hospital for further treatment.
Criste said Kent was only 17 when he joined the communist movement and stayed with the group for more than two years.
“He was still very young when tricked by the terrorists NPAs to join their senseless armed struggle,” he said.
The 29IB commander also expressed sadness upon seeing the situation of the teenage rebel, saying he was too young to be engaging in such an act of waging armed struggle.
“He was deceived and fooled by the lies of the propaganda of the terrorist NPAs. This young man almost lost his precious life, like the fate of his comrades who were killed during the encounter,” Criste said.
The Army believed a number of NPA rebels were killed and wounded during the encounter on Saturday.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1084886
In a statement sent to the media on Sunday, 1Lt. Nonette B. Banggad, Civil-Military Officer (CMO) of 29IB, said the rebel was abandoned by his comrades upon their withdrawal after the encounter with government troops.
In the same statement, Lt. Col. Isagani O. Criste, commander of 29IB, identified the young NPA member as alias "Kent". He was immediately given first aid by the operating troops after finding him helpless in the area where his comrades made position during the encounter and later on abandoned him.
Government soldiers also recovered firearms, ammunition and other belongings of the fleeing NPA rebels.
The Army is still making an inventory of the items recovered in the encounter site as of posting time.
After providing first aid, the soldiers rushed "Kent" to a nearby hospital for further treatment.
Criste said Kent was only 17 when he joined the communist movement and stayed with the group for more than two years.
“He was still very young when tricked by the terrorists NPAs to join their senseless armed struggle,” he said.
The 29IB commander also expressed sadness upon seeing the situation of the teenage rebel, saying he was too young to be engaging in such an act of waging armed struggle.
“He was deceived and fooled by the lies of the propaganda of the terrorist NPAs. This young man almost lost his precious life, like the fate of his comrades who were killed during the encounter,” Criste said.
The Army believed a number of NPA rebels were killed and wounded during the encounter on Saturday.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1084886
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