Kalinaw News: Concern locals report NPA Terrorist presence in Guihulngan, results to encounter with 62IB troops

Posted to Kalinaw News (Apr 24, 2022): Concern locals report NPA Terrorist presence in Guihulngan, results to encounter with 62IB troops



CAMP GERONA, Murcia, Negros Occidental – Concerned locals of Sitio Halog, Brgy Sandayao, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental tipped off the soldiers of 62IB and 33rd DRC under the operational control of 303rd Brigade about the NPA terrorist presence in their area and the plan extortion activities by the Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) which resulted to an encounter at around 6:15 in the morning of April 21, 2022 (Thursday).

Troops of the 62nd Infantry Battalion under the leadership of Lt Colonel William Pesase Jr., Battalion Commander together with 33rd Division Reconnaissance Company responded to the reports of the locals regarding the presence of an armed group identified as members of NPA terrorists in the area. Accordingly, more or less fifteen (15) CNTs from SDG Platoon of Central Negros 1, KomitengRehiyon – Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS) were encountered by the troops and the firefight lasted for about fifteen (15) minutes and enemy scampered to eastern direction leaving their personal belongings at the encounter site.

No casualty was reported from the government side, while the troops still determining the fatalities on the enemy side. Captured in the encounter site were various enemy war materials and personal belongings.

Seized war materials were the following: One (1) R4 Rifle with 1 short magazine loaded with 7 rounds, one (1) KG9 sub-machine gun with 1 magazine loaded with 5 rounds, 2 cooking pots full of steam rice, CTG flag, two (2) pairs of rainboots, three (3) water containers, one (1) sack of charcoal, 1/2 sack of rice, three (3) sim cards, one (1) backpack, one (1) solar panel, eight (8) packs sugar, two (2) hammock, hygiene kits, other subversive documents and personal belongings.

Brigadier General Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Brigade Commander lauded the immediate response of the troops in helping the locals of Brgy Sandayao against the extortion and atrocities of the NPA Terrorist. “I am also commending the quick action of the locals in the area showing their concern for the peace and order of their community as they reported this terrorist presence immediately, ” BGEN Pasaporte added.

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