The Army here has launched manhunt against a band of communist guerrillas who set off a landmine Friday along a dirt road in
Colonel Nilo Vinluan, 57th Infantry Battalion commander, said another batch of New People's Army (NPA) rebels stormed a detachment of the 57th Infantry Battalion in nearby Barangay Flores, also in Makilala when soldiers were to respond to landmine explosion.
Vinluan, commander of the 57th IB, said the blast occurred at about 1 a.m. and was carried out by NPA’s Front Committee 72 and 51, all based in the hinterlands of Makilala.
He refused to identify the soldiers pending information to their next of kin but he assured “they are in safe condition now.”
Vinluan said the NPAs were targeting the palletizing plant of Dole-Stanfilco based in Barangay Luna
Nine soldiers were also killed in October last year when NPAs set off landmine in Barangay Luna Sur and ambush soldiers responding to the incident.
“This is how cruel the NPAS are, they regularly used weapon of mass destruction,” Vinluan told reporters.
He said the series of attacks came while militant groups were calling for the ouster of government forces in the hinterlands of Makilala where the rebels operate.
Manhunt operation is still going on.
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