One terrorist killed,
one soldier wounded in a clash
By DPAO, 8th Infantry Division PA
February 1, 2010
CAMP LUKBAN,
Catbalogan City – A terrorist NPA was killed and two others were
wounded following an encounter transpired between the members of the
Army’s 20th Infantry Battalion and the terrorist group after
responding to the civilian tip that some armed rebels are collecting
foodstuff and extorting money to the local folks of barangay Santander,
Bobon, Northern Samar Friday morning.
The encounter
transpired at around 10 in the morning when the troops of Lt.
Florencio Tayo responded to the tips of the civilians.
Meanwhile, an M16
rifle, two handheld radios at various subversive documents were left
and recovered by the pursuing troops in the area of encounter after
about 10 minutes of firefight.
Initial information
reveals that upon approaching of the troops under Lt. Tayo the said
terrorist group immediately fired upon unto them the initiated the
firefight between the groups.
One soldier was
slightly wounded, Sgt Floro Lozano who was immediately air-evacuated
and now in a stable condition at Camp Lukban Station Hospital.
It is also believed
that more wounded rebels were dragged by their comrades towards their
secured places as evident in their route of withdrawals. This was
confirmed by some of the local folks who personally saw some
withdrawing rebels.
This incident is
another proof that our localities can no longer stand with the
terrorist’s different modes of sourcing out support in order to
sustain their existence. With this, the 20IB thru their commander,
Lt. Col. Jose Narciso continued their pursuit operations in order to
track down with the fleeing rebels and let them face charges against
the law.
