Kalinaw News: 3 Slain NPA Members in Kabankalan Encounters Identified

Posted to Kalinaw News (Feb 8, 2023): 3 Slain NPA Members in Kabankalan Encounters Identified

CAMP GERONA, Murcia, Negros Occidental – The three members of the Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) who were killed in a series of encounters with the troops of 94th Infantry Battalion on February 04 and 05, 2023, at Sitio Bugne, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental have been identified.

The killed NPA terrorists were identified as Junjun Callet alias Mark/Ruben, 42 years of age, Squad leader of Sentro De Grabedad (SDG Platoon) belonging to Central Negros 2 (CN2) – Komiteng Rehiyon Negros (CN2-KRN) and a resident of Sitio Suhi, Brgy Tanlad, Tayasan, Negros Oriental; Joemarie Calumba, @BAMBAM Squad Member, CN2, KR-NBCS, 40 years of age, resident of Sitio Bugne, Brgy Carol-an, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, and Diomedes Lasida, @JOHN-REY Vice- Squad Leader, Squad 1, SDG Platoon, 47 years of age, a resident of Sitio Montelo, Brgy Pinggot, Ilog, NOC.

Meanwhile, Colonel Orlando Edralin, 303rd Brigade Commander, said that the series of encounters occurred after the troops received a report from the residents about armed NPAs in the area engaging in extortion activities.

No one was injured on the government’s side.

Seized from the encounter site were the following war materials: One (1) KG9, one (1) KG9 magazine loaded with 6 ammunitions, one (1) cal.38 pistol, one (1) cal.45 pistol with magazine, one (1) M14 rifle, One (1) M16 long magazine, two (2) M16 short magazines, one (1) solar panel, 6 backpacks, 5 pairs of rain boots, assorted Medical paraphernalia, personal belongings and other subversive documents.

Col Edralin further said that those slain NPAs were deceptively recruited for the ideology they did not even understand.

“It paints the true color of the CTG as an inhumane and heartless terrorist group who disregards the people’s values and rights by abandoning their dead comrades like rats,” he added.

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