PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur, July 29 (PNA) -– The government forces have overrun a camp
of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur,
a military official disclosed Tuesday.
Suelto said the
gunfight broke out as the government troops were pursuing a group of NPA rebels
behind Sunday’s ambush of four soldiers at the Deorok Bridge located in the
boundary of Barangays Maragang and Lacupayan, Tigbao town.
Army’s 1st Infantry
Division Public Affairs Officer-in-Charge Capt. Franco Suelto said the troops
overran the camp following a 30-minute firefight that broke out around 3 p.m.
Monday in Sitio Kamanse, Barangay New Tuburan, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur.
The troops were en
route to Zamboanga City coming from a military camp in the nearby town of
Labangan when the NPA rebels ambushed them.
Suelto said several
personal belongings including medicines and rice were found left by the NPA rebels.
He said no one among
the troops was either killed or injured during the gun battle while it is
undetermined on the side of the NPA rebels. (PNA)
LAP/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/UTB
LAP/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/UTB
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