Courtesy of Google Maps ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 26 June) – Troops under the Philippine Army’s 97th Infantry (Kalasaglahi) Battalion killed a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel following a clash […]
Infantry Battalion killed a New People’s Army rebel following a clash in Barangay Sunop, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur last Friday, an official said.
In a statement, Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos Jr. said the soldiers were conducting combat operations when they chanced upon 10 NPA members under the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee , resulting to a firefight that lasted for about 30 minutes.Coderos identified the slain communist rebel as Jayman Taata, alias Rico, a member of the WMRPC, which is headed by an alias Bambam.
He said that troops recovered assorted war materials and personal belongings left by the fleeing rebels. Coderos said the same NPA rebels clashed with government security forces on June 21 in Barangay Paraiso in nearby Mahayag town, which resulted to the wounding of a member of a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit or CAFGU.
The official noted the troops have launched a relentless military operation against the NPA rebels that prompted the latter to hide in far-flung barangays bordering the towns of Sergio Osmeña in Zamboanga del Norte and Dumingag town.
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