Army post chief killed, 3 hurt in NPA Kalinga raid
>> Wednesday, January 2, 2019
LUBUAGAN,
Kalinga – The New People’s Army said they raided the Philippine Army-CAFGU
detachment here in Western Uma as response to abuses of said government troops
which resulted to killing of the chief of the detachment and wounding of three
paramilitary men.
The raid, done early
hours of Dec. 23, also resulted to the killing a red fighter identified only as
Roy ‘Ka BK/Rodney’ Tongdo from Balbalan, Kalinga.
Chadli Molintas Command,
NPA-Ilocos Cordillera said the raid was also a response to President Duterte’s
order to the military to “annihilate” the NPA.
A CMC- NPA press
statement said they confiscated from the camp 30 high powered rifles including
seven M16, seven M14, two M4 14 Garand rifles and thousands of ammunition.
“In the entire three
quarters of the year 2018, the NPA-Kalinga frustrated the continuous combat
operations launched by the 50th IB that covered the towns of Balbalan,
Pinukpuk, Lubuagan, Pasil, Tinglayan and Tabuk before they were transferred to
Mindanao,” the statement said.
“The only
“accomplishment” the 50th IB can boast of are the recycled fake surrenders of
peasants as NPAs in Kalinga. The masses
of peasants bore the brunt of these operations that have sowed terrorism in the
said areas.”
“ The people of Lubuagan have long
been demanding the punishment of the detachment ever since it was forcibly set
up by the PA in Western Uma in 2015.
“Among the crimes of the
unit based in the said detachment are the coercion of peasants to join the
CAFGU, the contrived surrender of more than one hundred civilians presented as
NPAs, the exploitation of women and other abuses committed by the PA and CAFGU
on the rights of the people,” the statement said.
The raid in Western Uma,
the NPA said, was part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
establishment of the CPP.”
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