Kalinaw News: Army clashes with CPP NPA Terrorists in Southern Iloilo

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 16, 2021): Army clashes with CPP NPA Terrorists in Southern Iloilo



CAMP MONTECLARO, MIAGAO, ILOILO – Government troops conducting combat operations encountered 30 members of NPA Southern Front at about 9:46 in the morning on May 15, 2021 in Brgy. Alimodias, Miagao, Iloilo.

The 30-minute firefight, transpired between the operating troops of the 61st Infantry (Hunter) Battalion (61IB) and members of Suyak (SDG) Platoon, Southern Front, Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay under Joven Ceralvo, AKA Lex. Elements of the 61IB responded to the information given by the residents on suspicious individuals who were believed to be members of terrorist groups. ]

One soldier obtained multiple wounds due to a blast of an anti-personnel mine placed by NPA within their temporary lair. The said personnel is now in a medical facility in Iloilo for treatment. According to the report, he is now in a stable condition. Additional troops are now deployed in the area to continue scouring for enemy casualties and war materiel. Possible withdrawal routes are monitored as pursuit operations against fleeing NPA fighters are heightened.

According to Colonel Joel Benedict G Batara, Commander 61IB, with the help of the local populace to end the local armed conflict, Communist NPA has nowhere to hide.

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