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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