DWDD: Army Troops Encounter NPA again in Isabela

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Jun 4): Army Troops Encounter NPA again in Isabela



Camp Aquino, Tarlac City –Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) Army troopers clash with the Communist New People’s Army Terrorist Group (CNTG) at 5:10 in the morning today, June 4, 2018, Monday, in Isabela province.

The skirmish transpired while a company of the 86th Infantry Battalion (86IB), under the Joint Task Force (JTF) “Tala” of the 5th Infantry Division (5ID), was conducting Focused Military Operations (FMO) in the vicinity of Brgy. Mabbayad, Echague, Isabela.

The Army troops confronted about twenty (20) members of the NPA Terrorist Group, with unknown leader, operating in the area. The firefight also lasted for about twenty (20) minutes which resulted to the wounding of four (4) army personnel and undetermined number of casualties on the enemy side.

The NPA remnants immediately withdrew towards Northeast direction while the government troops continue to pursue them as of this press time. Wounded Army personnel were given first aid and were now for air evacuation to the nearest hospital for treatment.

Just five (5) days ago, an encounter between the NPA Terrorist and the same Army unit also happened in the same municipality of Echague, Isabela.

NOLCOM will continue to conduct pursuit and focused military operations, in coordination with other law enforcing units, in order to bring these terrorist groups, detrimental to people’s safety and hindrance to community development, into the hands of the authorities.

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