A New People's Army (NPA) fighter was killed during a clash
with 81st Division Reconnaissance Company troopers on "focus military
operations" at Sitio Cabangahan, Barangay Mckinley, Catarman town, Northern Samar Monday afternoon.
The said unit is under the operational control of the 63rd
Infantry Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. Carmelito T. Pangatungan.
Pangatungan said that the firefight took place at 2:25 p.m.
He said that his men were conducting operations in the
locality when they chanced upon a NPA team passing by, triggering a brief
battle, killing one rebel and scattering the others without losses to the
government side.
Aside from the slain NPA fighter, the government forces
recovered an AK-47 automatic rifle and assorted ammunition at the scene of the
encounter.
The slain rebel was handed to Barangay Mckinley officials
for identification and burial.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=770278
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