CPP/Ang Bayan: 25th IB ambushed twice in ComVal; 84th IB waylaid in Davao City

From the English language edition of the CPP propaganda publication Ang Bayan (Jul 21): 25th IB ambushed twice in ComVal; 84th IB waylaid in Davao City

Two ambushes were mounted by Red fighters under the Comval-North Davao-South Agusan Subregional Command on fascist troops of the 25th IB on the night of July 14 in Laak, Compostela Valley.

At around 8:15 a.m., five NPA Red fighters in Barangay Mabuhay positioned themselves some five meters away from an approaching Kennedy military truck. Two of the ten soldiers aboard were killed on the spot and fell off the vehicle when the NPA opened fire. Three more soldiers were likewise killed later.

At exactly 8:16 p.m. of the same day, another NPA unit used command-detonated explosives (CDX) and destroyed the second of two KM40 military trucks traveling with 25th IB troops on board. The fascist soldiers had just returned from their operation in Barangay Ampawid.

Earlier, a member of a Reengineered Special Operations Team (RSOT) of the Philippine Army was wounded in an NPA sniping operation on July 9.
The RSOT had then been occupying the barangay hall for a month. The soldiers threatened the residents, accusing tahem of being communists and conducted other forms of psywar.

The 25th IB is also responsibe for the arrest and torture of civilian Rodino Diner, a resident of Purok 9, Barangay Mabuhay, Laak. Fascist soldiers seized Diner at around 1 p.m. of July 15 and released him only after 12 hours of interrogation. Diner’s head was wrapped with plastic sheet and a knife was aimed at his neck during the interrogation.

Meanwhile, six fascist soldiers were killed on the spot and six others wounded in an ambush by Red fighters under the Mt. Apo Subregional Command at 1:30 p.m. of July 8.

The company-size troop under the 84th IB was first lured into entering Purok 1, Baracatan, Toril District, Davao City. When the soldiers came in, the Red fighters sidestepped and took ambush positions. After an hour-long gunbattle, the NPA seized a stag ARM Bushmaster M4 rifle and an M203 grenade launcher, two backpacks, two vests, two ammunition chains for K3 machine guns and a GPS.

[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 views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

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