The suspected New People's Army rebel killed in a recent
encounter with combined troops of 79IB and government militiamen in Brgy.
Camalanda-an, Cauayan, turned out to be a leader of the Special Partisan Unit
(SPARU) of the NPA in southern Negros, Lt. Col. Harold Anthony Pascua, 79th
Infantry Battalion commander, said yesterday.
Pascua said the victim, Tata Sarona was responsible for the
liquidation of former CAFGU member Rene Villar in Brgy. Camalanda-an, and two
other CAFGU members in barangays Poblacion and Camindangan, all in Cauayan.
The 79IB also recovered an M-14 assault rifle from the
encounter site in Brgy. Camalanda-an, Cauayan, aside from the cadaver of
Sarona, that was left behind by his fleeing comrades.
Pascua also claimed that Sarona, a resident of Brgy.
Inayawan, Cauayan, was also linked to the killing of a policeman and was among
those who participated in the raid of an Army detachment in Toboso town.
Recently, the 79IB figured in four armed skirmishes with
suspected New People's Army rebels in Cauayan, Candoni and Hinobaan, that
resulted in the killing of two other rebels and an Army soldier, and the
capture of another NPA member, who was released later.
Col. Francisco Delfin, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander,
said the series of encounters in southern Negros
took place due to information from the populace about the presence of rebels in
their areas.
On Dec. 23, the NPA will start observing its 12-day
suspension of military operations until Jan. 3 next year, as announced by the
Communist Party of the Philippines, that will mark its 47th founding
anniversary on Dec. 26.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2015/December/19/topstory4.htm
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