The military authorities in Negros Occidental has identified the five army soldiers who died in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) early Saturday morning in Sitio Omas, Brgy. Camindangan,
Based on the military report, Lt. Col. Rey Bañares, deputy commander of 303rd Infantry Brigade based in
The wounded troopers are Cpl. Jovimar Lateza and Pfc Rommel Agustino, who are now confined at a hospital in
Banares said the encounter between soldiers of the 47th IB and members of the NPA’s Southwest Front took place in the midst of the hot pursuit operation launched by government forces after a group of some 30 heavily armed insurgents who torched on Friday evening the two bunkhouses of mining personnel, a Kubota tractor, generator set and ICOM radio owned by Philex Mining Corporation in Brgy. Camindangan,
The pursuing 47IB soldiers led by its team leader Cpl. Francisco caught up with the armed insurgents at Sitio Omas, Brgy. Camindangan 8o'clock Saturday morning that resulted to an hour-long firefight between the two groups that unfortunately killed five soldiers and wounded two others.
The 303rd Infantry Brigade which has the jurisdiction over Army battalions operating in Negros Occidental, said the enemy likewise suffered an undetermined casualties whom their comrades carried in their escape.
Likewise, the pursuing government forces recovered four M-16 armalite rifles, one M-14 and K-3 rifles left behind by the fleeing insurgents.
The government troops scoured the hinterlands of Brgy. Camindangan for the fleeing enemy believed holed in their mountain lairs in Sipalay, Negros Occidental.
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