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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Government troops overrun NPA camp in Zamboanga del Sur

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.

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.

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.

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)
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