Kalinaw News: Female NPA Terrorist killed in a clash with Army troops in SurSur

Posted to Kalinaw News (Dec 25, 2020): Female NPA Terrorist killed in a clash with Army troops in SurSur

Brgy Magroyong, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur (Stn) – One (1) female New People’s Army (NPA) terrorist was killed in a firefight with the operating troops of the 75th Infantry “Marauder” Battalion, 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division, Philippine Army in Purok Quarry, Sitio Kabalawan, Brgy Anahao Daan, Tago, Surigao del Sur on December 23, 2020.

The clash occurred at around 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon between the government troops and more or less ten (10) Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) of SYP Platoon, Guerilla Front 19 (GF19), North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) under Mario Himo Y Pison @ REN-REN/COBY, which resulted in the death of one (1) female NPA terrorist and the recovery of one (1) AK47 rifle, two (2) bandoliers, nine (9) magazines with one hundred sixty-seven (167) live ammunitions, fifty (50) meters blasting cord, cellular phones, subversive documents, back packs with personal belongings and assorted food supplies.

Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey A Villarosa, Commanding Officer of 75IB, said, “we are thankful to the residents of Anahao Daan and the nearby barangay of Bangsud for the information they provided about the presence of the NPA unit of AKA Renren/Coby. They have had enough of the extortion and the NPAs mere menacing presence. The residents’ timely and corroborating reports helped us a lot in accurately locating the terrorists, thus, this armed encounter. We are saddened though for the wasteful demise of the still to be identified female NPA member. We are closely working with Anahao Daan officials and Tago LGU for the proper identification and disposition of the cadaver.”

It must be recalled that SDS PLGU, Tago LGU, National Line Agencies, and 75IB, witnessed the mass surrender of Militia ng Bayan members and withdrawal of support of around 300 members of the underground mass organizations of the NPA of Guerilla Front 19 under Corazon de Jesus aka AKIRA during the grand pulong-pulong and serbisyo caravan in barangays Lindoy, Layog and Caras-an all of Tago, and barangays Libasud, San Roque and Bolhoon all of San Miguel. The ex-NPA supporters showed their retraction of support to the NPAs in a simple but solemn Oath of Allegiance to the Philippine Constitution. Among the commitments that the ex-NPA supporters gave to the government forces is that they will fervently help insulate their respective communities from the NPAs when they attempt to return by timely reporting any NPA presence or any NPA attempt to re-establish contact to any of the residents of their place.

“This encounter is a concrete manifestation of the residents’ commitment to help rid their communities with the NPA menace. They no longer want the communist terrorists to deceive and take advantage of them again. On the other hand, I call on the families and loved ones of active NPA members and NPA militias, your duly constituted government sincerely intends to give them another chance to live peaceful lives. Closely work with us so we can recover your family members and loved ones from the terrorists before it is too late. Let us take them back from the clutches of the NPAs. Their voluntary surrender will make them eligible to the benefits of our government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) and amnesty,” Villarosa ended.



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