From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 4): CAFGU slain in Army-NPA clash in N.
Cotabato town
A member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was killed when
government forces clashed anew with communist guerrillas in a remote village in
Magpet town in North Cotabato Monday morning.
Lt. Nasrullah Sema, chief of the civil military operations of the 57th
Infantry Battalion of the Army, identified the slain CAFGU as Daniel Masang.
Sema said their soldiers were conducting combat patrol operations at Sitio
Malinahon, Barangay Amabel when they chanced upon the New Peoples’ Army (NPA)
rebels along the way.
The firefight lasted for 30 minutes, he said. Their troops positioned at Barangay Pangao-an, also in Magpet, fired 105mm
mortars on suspected rebel hideouts in Barangay Amabel.
“Our soldiers in Barangay Amabel needed fire support so we directed our men
in Barangay Pangao-an, where we set up temporary base, to fire mortar to drive
away the rebels,” said Sema.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=476918
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