By Ronron
February 21, 2007
Two suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter Wednesday afternoon in Camarines Sur province.
Philippine Army spokesman Maj. Ernesto Torres, Jr. said the firefight took place at around 2pm at Barangay Aniog in Sangay town.
Quoting 902nd Brigade commander Brig. Gen. Nestor Sadiarin, Torres said the 15-man team from the Philippine Army’s 42nd Infantry Battalion were on combat operations when they encountered approximately 10 armed guerillas.
Recovered from the suspected rebels were two M16 rifles, one M14 rifle, and one caliber 38 revolver.
“Additional troops are being inserted to pursue the fleeing communist terrorists,” Torres said.
The 7,100-strong NPA has been waging guerilla war in the countryside for almost 38 years now.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in June last year to crush the armed movement by 2010 when she ends her term.
Peace talks between the government and the NPA bogged down in August 2004 after the latter was tagged by foreign governments as a terrorist group, and its leaders as terrorists./DMS
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