CPP/Ang Bayan: NPA simultaneously harasses 10 detachments in Bicol

From Ang Bayan posted to the CPP Website (Mar 21): NPA simultaneously harasses 10 detachments in Bicol

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and standpoint on current issues.]


Red fighters under the Celso Minguez Command launched coordinated attacks on March 10 on 22nd IB detachments in the villages of Casay, Casiguran; Purog, Bulusan; Baligang, Gubat; San Roque, Bacon; Banwang Daan, Matnog and two detachments of the 31st IB in Barangay Rizal, Gubat and Barangay Rizal, Casiguran. On the same day, members of the Santos Binamira Command also attacked the 22nd IB detachment in Barangay Palanog, Camalig and Barangay Villa Petrona, Libon in Albay. The day after, Red fighters of the Eduardo Olbara Command attacked a “peace and development team” of the 42nd IB in Barangay Sooc, Bato, Camarines Sur.

These military actions were responses to the people’s longstanding demand to punish the troops of the butcher 9th Infantry Division because of its long record of human rights abuses, said Gregorio “Ka Greg” Bañares, NDF-Bicol spokesperson.

In a related development, thousands launched protest actions in Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon provinces on February 25 to expose and assail the brutality of Oplan Bayanihan. They gathered in the towns of Bato in Camarines Sur; Guinobatan, Albay; and Barcelona, Sorsogon to demand the pullout of soldiers conducting “peace and development activitoes” in their communities and a stop to the brutal Oplan Bayanihan campaign. They called for justice for the victims of human rights violations.

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