Nine high-powered New People's Army (NPA) firearms were
seized by government security forces during a clash with rebel forces at
Barangay Andap, New Bataan town, Compostela
Valley
Capt. Alberto Caber, Eastern Mindanao Command public affairs
office chief, said troopers from the 10th Infantry Division clashed with
members of the NPA's Southern Mindanao
extortion unit at 4:25 p.m.
Two soldiers were slightly wounded while the NPAs sustained
an undetermined number of casualties in the hour-long firefight.
Recovered from the encounter scene were six M-16 automatic
rifles, an M-4, one AK-47 and an M-14 carbine.
Pursuit operations are still ongoing as of this time, Caber
said.
Residents in the area reported seeing nine critically
wounded bandits being carried away by their companions in the retreat.
As of Jan. 1 to July 7 this year, there are already 105 NPA
firearms recovered by Eastern Mindanao Command troops.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=780591
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