Army men find NPA explosives in Isabela town

By Jerico J. Kahulugan

SAN MARIANO, Isabela -- The 98th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army recovered 28 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in four different locations here in Sitio Divisoria, Barangay Disulap on May 13.
    Maj. Gen. Laurence Mina, 5th Infantry Division commander of the Philippine Army, said the IEDs were discovered by the troops while conducting security operations in the said areas.
    “The recovery of the IEDs of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) is a result of a successful focused military operation and cooperation between the government troops and the local government unit as well as the local residents against the CPP- NPA,” he said.
    Mina also said the use of IEDs by the terrorist group is a clear violation of the Republic Act 9851, an Act Defining and Penalizing Crimes under Humanitarian Law, Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity, especially on the use of weapons prohibited in warfare such as land mines.