Troopers from the 5th Infantry Division's 54th Infantry Battalion has captured six high-powered firearms during a fierce encounter with 20 heavily-armed New People's Army (NPA) fighters in Barangay Butac, Aguinaldo town, Ifugao Sunday morning.
1st Lt. Rowena Abayon, 5th Infantry Division spokesperson, said the encounter took place around 5:20 a.m.
The recovered weapons were three M-16 automatic rifles, two M-14 automatic rifles and an M-203 grenade launcher.
She added that the presence of the rebel force was revealed to them by some disgruntled NPA fighters.
A fierce firefight ensued between the operating troops and the NPA rebels of the Kilusang Larangang Guerilla MARKO under terrorist leader Artos Talastas, also known as Libre/Layden.
Abayon said that the leadership of the 5th Infantry Division commended the troops for their successful conduct of security operations in Ifugao.
No losses were sustained by government forces while the rebel group sustained many wounded.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=530233
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