Posted to Kalinaw News (Sep 16, 2020): Army’s 12IB hits NPA in Panay for the 4th time in 3rd Quarter
CAMP PERALTA, Jamindan, Capiz- The Army’s 12th Infantry Battalion hits the CPP-NPA Terrorist in Panay for the fourth time in third quarter of 2020.
The 4th encounter transpired at Sitio Bidang, Barangay Siya, Tapaz, Capiz at around 9:40 a.m, Sunday, September 13, 2020. The troops were conducting combat operations in response to the ‘tip-off’ from the populace on the presence of communist-terrorists doing recruitment and extortion activities when they encountered more or less five NPAs.
The firelight lasted for about ten minutes. No one was hurt on the government side.
Captured the encounter site were one cal .38 revolver; one homemade 12-gauge shotgun; one machete with NPA logo; one black shirt with NPA logo; three empty 5.56mm cartridges; and two empty cal .38 cartridges.
It can be recalled that on August 26, 2020 two consecutive encounter happened between the 12IB and the members of the CPP-NPA Terrorist in Barangay Panuran, Janiuay Iloilo. These consecutive encounters prompted the 2 female NPAs to surrender to 12IB after they were abandoned by their comrades.
On August 8, 2020, the said Army unit also encountered armed members of the communist-terrorist group persistently recruiting minors to join their ranks in Barangay Atimonan of the same town.
Major General Eric Vinoya, the Commander of the Army’s 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division, extends his praises to all Spearhead troopers for continuously protecting and serving the local populace who are willingly cooperating with their Army by giving accurate and timely information about the presence and activities of the communist-terrorists. “We are tracking them in precision because of the people’s support. We thank them for supporting the anti-insurgency campaign of the government,” Vinoya said.
“In response to their clamor for an NPA-free community, we will be relentless in our efforts to pursue these terrorists until they are incapable of sowing fear and terror,” Vinoya added.
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