From the Manila Bulletin (May 15): Army sarge killed in clash with NPAs
General Nakar, Quezon — An army sergeant was killed in a 30-minute gunbattle with New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas in this town last Monday afternoon.
The Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) reported the death of one “Sergeant Samillano” who was part of the 2nd Jungle Fighter Company – a platoon from the army’s 80th Infantry of the Battalion – that encountered about 15 armed NPA terrorists at 3:45 p.m. Monday.
The troopers, led by 2nd Lieutenant Candog, engaged the Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) in a between Sitio Libutan and Sitio Panagsaan in Barangay Umiray, here, while on a mission to verify civilian reports of NPA forces converging in the village.
“The exchange of gunfire lasted for 30 minutes that resulted to the death of one of the troops, while (there are) undetermined number of casualties on the scampering enemies based on the traces of bloodstains,” said Brigadier General Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos the Commander of the Army’s 202nd Brigade.
Burgos said two guerrillas were captured following the encounter.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/05/15/army-sarge-killed-in-clash-with-npas/
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