The PNP has deployed more than 850 policemen in Masbate to secure schools and other areas following the series of clashes that include detonation of an improvised bomb by suspected communist rebels in three towns of the province last week. ManilaBulletin
PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the deployment is in compliance with the order of President Marcos to mobilize police forces that would run after communist rebels in Masbate and other areas of Bicol region.
“We will strengthen our deployment of personnel in these areas as the CPP-NPA's continued use of anti-personnel landmines long outlawed by international conventions on warfare constitute a flagrant disregard by the local communist movement of international humanitarian law,” he added. The clashes started on March 20 and disrupted school activities in some areas in Placer, Dimasalang and Cawayan towns.
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