QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Government troops encountered a platton of New People’s Army guerillas here at Tubtuba, Lamag which resulted to undetermined number of casualties on the rebel’s side, the army said in a media dispatch.
The report said elements of the 50th Infantry Battalion led by 2Lt Milton Mitchel B Sitoy and 2Lt Eduard Ian P Ricablanca while on combat operations encountered the seven cadres around 6:30 a.m. which resultred in a gunfight..
In a report sent to Maj Gen Nestor Z Ochoa, Commander of the Army’s 5th Infantry Division, by Col Essel C Soriano, commanding officer of 503rd Infantry Brigade disclosed the firefight lasted for about 30 minutes afterwhich the NPA guerillas withdrew carrying with them their casualties as indicated by bloodstains in their escape route.
The report said the troops scoured the encounter site that resulted to the recovery of an M16 rifle with M203 grenade launcher, one okia cellphone (N6070); laminated sacks; one axe and one a web belt with bolo.
There was reportedly no casualty on the government side.
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