Friday, July 25, 2014

No truth to NPA report claiming 9 soldiers killed in Bukidnon clash -- AFP

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 25): No truth to NPA report claiming 9 soldiers killed in Bukidnon clash -- AFP

The Eastern Mindanao Command on Friday denied reports being spread by the New People's Army (NPA) that nine soldiers of 103rd Division Reconnaissance Company were killed following a clash with their fighters in Quezon, Bukidnon Thursday afternoon.

"The claim of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA that nine soldiers were killed in an encounter is a lie," said Capt. Alberto Caber, the command spokesman.

While admitting that an encounter did took place around 4:30 p.m. Thursday with an estimated 30 NPA fighters, he said that only four soldiers were wounded in the encounter.

Caber said the troopers were on routine security mission when they encountered the communist rebels in the vicinity of Sitio Lucat, Barangay Cawayan, Quezon, Bukidnon.

"The soldiers were on security patrol to protect the people and its communities from the NPA harassment and extortion activities (when fired upon)," he added.

Pursuit operations are still ongoing as of press time.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=666346

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