Two unidentified New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a running gun battle with government troopers in the hinterlands of Surigao Del Sur on Friday morning, the military reported on Saturday.
Army Maj. Christian Uy, the spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division, said that the army’s 36th Infantry Battalion also recovered the NPA’s firearms consisting of one AK-47 and one M16 rifle in a clashed in the hinterland of Hinapuyan, Carmen,
He said that the military dispatched a team from the army’s 36th IB to the area after the farmers complained of the presence of an armed group who were reportedly extorting money among the civilian residents there.
Uy said that upon reaching the place, the military encountered five fully armed NPA rebels, which ensued a 10-minute running gun battle before the rebels withdrew toward the southwest direction.
Aside from recovering the two bodies and firearms of the rebels, the military also recovered personal belongings, live ammunitions and subversive documents with high intelligence value.
Uy said that the military continue to pursue the fleeing rebels who were believed members of the Guerrilla Front-30 of North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee operating in the mountainous areas of
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=686491
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.