By Ronron
April 25, 2005
Three members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter Monday morning in San Rafael Town, Bulacan, against members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), an official said yesterday.
In a phone interview, PNP Region III Director C/Supt. Rowland Albano said the fatalities, whose bodies were recovered but yet to be identified, were among the more or less 20 rebels that government troopers clashed with in Barangay San Roque of said town at around 6:30 am yesterday.
Pursuing members of the 306th Provincial Police Mobile Group, headed by Supt. Edgar Manuel, also recovered three M16 rifles from the fleeing rebels.
The encounter, Albano said, was a result of the pursuit operations that government troopers launched against the communist rebels following Sunday’s encounter in neighboring San Miguel town.
Six NPA members and two policemen were killed during last weekend’s skirmish.
Albano said the fleeing rebels in yesterday’s encounter were already being pursued by government troopers towards the Dona Remedios Trinidad town direction./DMS
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