By Ronron
February 22, 2008
Two suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) died in an encounter before dawn Friday in Camarines Norte province against government troops, a military spokesman said.
Maj. Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman of the Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command, said the incident happened at around 1:15 am after elements of the Army's 31st Infantry Battalion responded to reports of local residents about the presence of armed rebels in Barangay Lanot, Mercedez town.
"The information on the enemy location was fed by residents of the place who were victims of NPA extortion and harassments," Cabangbang quoted 31st IB commander Col. Ramon Baldemor to have said.
Cabangbang said the 31st IB elements caught up with 15 NPA members at said place, resulting in a 15-minute running gunbattle.
Aside from killing two guerillas, the government troops also recovered three M16 rifles and four backpacks with alleged subversive documents, said Cabangbang.
He said there are no casualties on the government side.
The 5,760-strong NPA has been waging guerilla warfare in the countryside for almost four decades now, although the government intends to neutralize them by 2010./DMS
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