The military's 6th Infantry Division based here has ordered
manhunt against suspected New Peoples Army who abducted a member of the 7th
Infantry Battalion in Makilala, North Cotabato
at dawn Thursday.
Army Private 1st Class Eduardo Hilaga, Jr. while driving on
a motorbike along Barangay Malasila, Makilala, North
Cotababot was flagged down by communist guerillas disguising as
soldiers conducting gun ban implementation.
In his report to 6th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen.
Edmundo Pangilinan, Lieutenant Colonel Harold Argamosa, commander of the 39th
IB, said Hilaga was one of some 20 motorists flagged down by about 30 New
People’s Army guerrillas along a portion of the Cotabato-Davao Highway in Barangay
Malasila here.
Chief Insp. Elias Colonia, Makilala police chief, said the
rebels immediately took Hilaga captive when they discovered he was a soldier
based on a military identification card found in his wallet.
Hilaga of the 7th IB was on his way to their headquarters in
Kabacan town, also in North Cotabato , from
their home in Barangay Kisante northeast of Makilala when he was snatched at
past 5 a.m.
“He was on his way to Kabacan to join an Army humanitarian
outreach mission intended for poor villagers,” Captain Joann Petinglay, 6th
Infantry Division spokesperson, said.
Sr. Supt. Jose Briones, North Cotabato police director, said
the police public safety battalion was helping the military in hunting down the
suspects believed to have fled toward the hinterland of Makilala, specifically
near Mt. Apo
Briones said responding policemen recovered from Hilaga’s
black Honda motorcycle.
Motorists who were flagged down by the rebels confirmed to
police investigators the NPAs indeed took Hilaga captive.
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