Armed with gun, explosive, fleeing rebel captured

From the Visayan Daily Star (Jun 19, 2023): Armed with gun, explosive, fleeing rebel captured (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)

A suspected member of the New People’ Army, fleeing from pursuing government troops following an encounter where two rebels died on June 13, was captured two days after by troopers of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company, in Sitio Lower Macagahay, Brgy. Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.

His identity has been withheld by authorities, pending follow up operations.

Prior to his captivity, PLt. Col. Alvimar Flores, 2nd NOCPFMC commander, in a statement disclosed that two successive encounters ensued shortly before midnight of June 15 in Sitio Lower Macagahay of the barangay.

Flores said the first encounter led to the recovery of a rifle grenade, a back pack containing personal belongings and assorted empty shells of various calibers of firearms.

The second encounter resulted in the capture of one of the six fleeing rebels, and the recovery of a .45 caliber pistol with a magazine containing ammunition, a hand grenade, and a jungle back pack with personal belongings.

His captivity was a result of a joint operation of the 2nd NOCPFMC, 62nd Infantry Battalion and 604th Mobile Force Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 6.

On June 13, two suspected rebels, identified as Benjie Ebarle, alias Omar, and Roweno Fermiza Anobong, alias, Wen, also died in an encounter with 62IB also in Brgy. Macagahay, Moises Padilla.

The Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion reiterated its appeal for rebels wounded in armed skirmishes and those fleeing, to surrender, as they will not stop hunting them down.

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