Sunday, February 19, 2023

NPA rebels killed in South Cotabato raid

From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (Feb 20, 2023): NPA rebels killed in South Cotabato raid



ZAMBOANGA. Troops raid a New People’s Army (NPA) that resulted in the death of an NPA rebel on Saturday, February 18, 2023, in the hinterlands of South Cotabato province. A photo handout shows the remains of the slain NPA rebel, Martic Min Fay, wrapped in a blanket and taken to the town center of T’Boli, South Cotabato for proper disposition. (SunStar Zamboanga)

A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed when troops raided an NPA lair in the hinterlands of South Cotabato, the police reported Sunday, February 19, 2023.

Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, identified the slain NPA rebel as Martic Min Fay, who carries the aliases of Ka Diego and Ka Kidlat of the Guerrilla Front Musa of the NPA’s Far-South Mindanao Region.

Verceles said that Fay was killed when joined military troops raided his lair around 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Purok Alaw in Sitio Lambed, Laconon village, T’Boli, South Cotabato.

He said the raid was launched after Fay’s presence was ascertained in the NPA lair at Sitio Lambed in Laconon village.


Verceles said the troops transported the remains of Fay to the town center of T’Boli for proper disposition.

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1953890/zamboanga/local-news/npa-rebels-killed-in-south-cotabato-raid

No comments:

Post a Comment

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