The 7th Infantry Division on Wednesday announced that a wounded New People's Army (NPA) rebel was captured while six others were killed in encounter started Tuesday night in Camiling, Tarlac.
Brig. Gen. Hernando Iriberri, 7th Infantry Division commander, said that the wounded rebel was seized during clearing operations.
The encounter took place around 8:45 p.m. and lasted until Wednesday morning.
Col. Henry G. Sabarre, commander of the 703rd Infantry Brigade, said prior to the encounter, they received information that a group of armed men was planning to attack government troops and vital installations in the area.
Troops from the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Batallion were then deployed to coordinate with the Philippine National Police and prevent the armed group from carrying out their plan.
As the troops were checking the reported location of the armed rebels in Barangay Bubon 2nd, Camiling town, they were fired upon by the rebels, prompting government troops to retaliate triggering sporadic firefight and skirmishes that lasted throughout the night.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=549999
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