Butuan City -- A suspected communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was captured while a policeman was wounded after an encounter between police force and communist insurgents at the hinterland boundary of Tungao and San Mateo here, a regional police spokesman said yesterday.
Supt. Martin M. Gamba, spokesman of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13), said the rebel, whose identity was temporarily withheld pending tactical interrogation, was captured while in possession of a hand grenade and two cellular phones.
The PRO 13 spokesman said the captured rebel was allegedly a regular member of guerilla-Front Committee 4-A of the CPP-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) and is now temporarily detained at 13th RPIDCU while the filing of appropriate charges was being prepared by RPSB.
Gamba, also identified the wounded policeman as Police Officer 1 Harold P. Lauro of RPSB.
Lauro was shot in the mouth with the bullet grazing his tongue and exiting through his right cheek. He was also shot in the right shoulder.
The wounded policeman is already recuperating at the Butuan Doctors Hospital here, the PRO 13 Regional Health Service based at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez here said.
http://www.mb.com.ph/rebel-collared-after-skirmish-with-military/
Supt. Martin M. Gamba, spokesman of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13), said the rebel, whose identity was temporarily withheld pending tactical interrogation, was captured while in possession of a hand grenade and two cellular phones.
The PRO 13 spokesman said the captured rebel was allegedly a regular member of guerilla-Front Committee 4-A of the CPP-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) and is now temporarily detained at 13th RPIDCU while the filing of appropriate charges was being prepared by RPSB.
Gamba, also identified the wounded policeman as Police Officer 1 Harold P. Lauro of RPSB.
Lauro was shot in the mouth with the bullet grazing his tongue and exiting through his right cheek. He was also shot in the right shoulder.
The wounded policeman is already recuperating at the Butuan Doctors Hospital here, the PRO 13 Regional Health Service based at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez here said.
http://www.mb.com.ph/rebel-collared-after-skirmish-with-military/
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