Wednesday, February 23, 2022

NPA leader slain in Quezon clash

From the Philippine Star (Feb 24, 2022): NPA leader slain in Quezon clash (By Ed Amoroso, Michael Punongbayan, Artemio Dumlao



Photo courtesy of the 2nd Infantry Division shows an M653 rifle, anti-personnel mines, subversive documents, cellular phones and personal belongings recovered following a clash between NPA rebels and soldiers in Polillo, Quezon on Monday.  Photo courtesy of the 2nd Infantry Division

The Philippine Army announced yesterday the death of a New People’s Army (NPA) leader in an encounter with government troopers in Polillo, Quezon on Monday.

Maj. Kim Evangelista, public affairs office chief of the 2nd Infantry Division, said the group of a certain alias Facio, third deputy secretary and political instructor of the NPA’s Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee clashed with personnel of the 1st Infantry Battalion in Sitio Saging, Barangay Binibitinan.


The military said soldiers were dispatched to the area after it received information on the presence of NPA rebels harassing villagers and extorting money from them.

In Kalinga, Northern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres said Martin Gamay of the NPA’s Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Party Committee was arrested in Barangay Apatan in Pinukpuk town on Monday.

The arrest was based on warrants for murder and attempted murder.

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/02/24/2162926/npa-leader-slain-quezon-clash

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.