Kalinaw News: High-ranking NPA terrorist leader killed in Northern Samar clash

Posted to Kalinaw News (Dec 24, 2020): High-ranking NPA terrorist leader killed in Northern Samar clash



CAMP SUMUROY, Brgy. Dalakit, Catarman, Northern Samar – A high-ranking New People’s Army (NPA) terrorist leader was killed in a 30-minute encounter in San Isidro town Northern Samar, morning of December 21, 2020.The troops of the 43rd Infantry Battalion clashed with around 60 Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) with the aid of new military technology that pinpointed the location of the enemy in the vicinity of Barangay Happy Valley, San Isidro. The clash resulted to the death of a certain alias ‘Apple’, Secretary of Front Committee 2, Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) Emporium, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC) whose body was left behind by the retreating comrades. No casualty was reported on the government side. Meanwhile, the government troops successfully overran the CNT’s lair that can accommodate more or less 60 rebels consisting of 30 bunkers, two sentinel posts, three comfort rooms, one kitchen and one mess hall and several firearms. The troops also recovered one cellular phone, two bottles of dextrose and subversive documents of high intelligence value. According to the Commanding Officer of the 43rd Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Raymundo C Picut Jr. the timely and accurate information given by the residents helped in the neutralization of the armed group responsible for the recent atrocities in Northern Samar.

“Tuloy-tuloy po ang inyong kasundalohan sa pagbabantay at pagseserbisyo sa ating mga kababayan para masigurong ligtas sa panggugulo at pangingikil ng mga NPA ngayong panahon ng kapaskohan.” “Nagpapasalamat ako sa impormasyon ng mga taga barangay at sa tulong na rin ng makabagong teknolohiya ay naging matagumpay ang ating operasyon laban sa mga teroristang grupo. Nakakalungkot lang isipin na ilang araw na lang ay sasapit na ang Pasko at may isang pamilya na nawalan ng mahal sa buhay ng dahil lang sa ipinaglalaban na maling idiolohiya. Kaya sa mga kapatid natin na nasa kilusan pa, bumaba na kayo at magbalik-loob sa gobyerno. Masarap ang mamuhay na kapiling ang pamilya.” Picut said.

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