CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF), who were on a test mission, clashed with New People’s Army (NPA) fighters that resulted in the death of a rebel and wounding of scores of others in a far-flung area in Agusan del Sur on Sunday, police reported Tuesday.
As of this writing, more combat troops were deployed to beef up the pursuing forces of SAF in Esperanza town, Agusan del Sur province.
The SAF commandos were conducting operations at the boundaries of Barangay Balobo and Barangay Agsabo when they chanced upon the rebels belonging to the CPP-NPA North Central Mindanao Regional Committee.
Maj. Renel E. Serrano, chief of the Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) of Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13), said the firefight lasted for almost 10 minutes, afterwhich the enemy withdrew towards southeast direction of Balobo and Agsabo.
There were no casualties on the government side.
Seized in the encounter site were one sack containing bomb-making materials and live ammunition.
http://tempo.com.ph/2020/03/10/npa-fighter-killed-in-clash-with-saf-2/
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