PAGADIAN
CITY – The joint Government troops belong to the Charlie Company of 44th
Infantry Battalion and Special Forces Company under the 6th Special
Forces Battalion while aboard 2 speed boats conducting a seaborne patrol
encountered at least 5 heavily armed men believed to be a members of pirates aboard
a pump boat operating at the high seas of Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur and
Malangas, Zamboaga Sibugay Monday at about 10 o’clock in the morning, January 28,
2013.
LtCol
Yegor Rey Barroquillo Jr, the Commanding Officer of 44IB in his reports to the
headquarters of the Army’s Premier Infantry (Tabak) Division disclosed that
while on seaborne patrol at the vicinity near Brgy Talanusa, Margos sa Tubig,
ZDS the troops encountered five lawless elements aboard a pump boat believed to
be an extortionist and pirates group led by AKA Kiyang Balimbingan.
A running
gun battle lasted for more or less 2 hours towards the shoreline of Brgy Bacao
of Malangas, ZSP where the lawless had withdrawn. The pump boat with bloodstain
that the lawless had used was left at the shoreline of Brgy Bacao and was
recovered by the pursuing soldiers.
There
was no reported casualty on the government troops and as of this report, additional
troops from 44th Infantry Battalion and 6th Special
Forces Battalion arrived at the area to pursue the withdrawing lawless elements.
Meanwhile,
MGen Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, the Commander of the 1st Infantry
Division, directed the commanders in the area to run after the lawless elements
that are sowing fear among the local populace who wants to live a peaceful life
particularly the ordinary fishermen. (With
reports from DPAO)
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