By Hirohito Cadion February 18, 2019, 5:35 pm Share
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Feb. 18,
2019) --A
New People’s Army (NPA) member was killed in a clash with government forces in
the Misamis Occidental town of Aloran, military officials said Monday.
Lt.
Col. John Andrada, the Army’s 10th Infantry Battalion commander, said the
firefight broke out around 9:40 a.m. Monday as the troops were checking the
reported presence of NPA communist terrorists, who were recruiting young people
and extorting money from the residents.
Andrada
said the firefight lasted for about 30 minutes before the NPAs--some of them
believed to have been wounded--fled.
He said
the troops recovered from the clash site an AK-47 rifle with ammunition and
subversive documents with high intelligence value.
Brig.
Gen. Roberto Ancan, the Army’s 1st Infantry Division commander, expressed
sympathy to the family and relatives of the slain NPA member, whose identity
was not released.
“It is
very tragic that he has taken arms against the people of Misamis Occidental
when only through peace, development and social justice can be achieved,” Ancan
said.
Meanwhile,
Col. Bagnus Gaerlan, the Army’s 102nd Infantry Brigade commander, has called on
the remaining NPAs in the province to lay down their arms peacefully.
The
United States has already declared the NPA and Abu Sayyaf Group as terrorist
organizations. (PNA)
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