Kalinaw News: 2 NPAs die in Southern Leyte clash

Posted to Kalinaw News (Aug 19, 2021): 2 NPAs die in Southern Leyte clash



CAMP DOWNES, Ormoc City, August 18, 2021 — Two communist terrorists died in an hour-long clash between Army soldiers and a CPP-NPA armed band in the hinterlands of Barangay Lawgawan in the Municipality of Bontoc in Southern Leyte about 11:30 in the morning today.

The Army, with the help of local officials are still trying to identify the enemy fatalities who are believed to be remnants of Platoon 1, Island Committee Levox, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC), CPP-NPA-NDF.

During clearing operation, soldiers of the 14th Infantry (Avenger) Battalion, 8th Infantry Division, PA recovered one M16 rifle, three backpacks, 10 tents and personal belongings.

With bloodstains found aplenty in the encounter site, 14th Infantry Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto dela Rosa has reason to believe that the enemy suffered heavy casualties aside from the two confirmed fatalities.

In the thick of the firefight, however, a soldier was fatally wounded and died on the spot. Another soldier was wounded but is already given immediate treatment. The identities of the government casualties are withheld pending notification of their respective families.

Meanwhile, the 802nd Infantry Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Zosimo Oliveros, ordered the deployment of additional soldiers including a reinforcement from the 93IB to hunt down the fleeing members of the armed group.

“In the name of EO-70 which aims to attain lasting peace and inclusive development in the country through the whole-of-government, whole-of-nation approach, we always encourage and welcome the support of local officials and the citizens in ending the local communist armed conflict,” BGen Oliveros concluded.

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