Army troops discovered NPA main camp in Northern Samar
Press Release
By CMO Battalion, 8ID PA
September
20, 2010
CAMP LUKBAN,
Catbalogan, Samar – The encounter between Army’s 8th Infantry
Division troopers and the armed members of the terrorist New People’s
Army (NPA) in the hinterlands of San Jose de Buan municipality in
Samar at around 1:00 p.m. last September 18, 2010, lead to the
discovery and seizure of an NPA main camp located at about 500 meters
from the earlier reported encounter site.
Report reaching this
headquarters from Col. Oscar P. Lopez, Commanding Officer of 803rd
Infantry Brigade in the area, disclosed that the operating troops were
able seize the said camp after the terrorists hastily left the area.
The said camp has 43 bunkers with two classrooms that could
accommodate large number of NPA personalities. Also, the operating
troops recovered two generator sets, a water pump and tank, dream
cable set, two
ICOM handheld radios, three hand grenades, Universal Serial Bus (USBs) for
computers, one sack of rice, a cache of assorted caliber ammunitions
and subversive documents that contains important information.
Major General Mario
Chan, Commander of the 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division,
Philippine Army lauded his troops for a job well done and for exerting
every effort and dedicating their lives in the accomplishment of the
said task. He stressed that the 8ID troops shall continue to perform
its mandate of protecting the people.
Meanwhile, Major
General Arturo Ortiz, the Commanding General of the Philippine Army
and Lieutenant General Ralph Villanueva of the Central Command, AFP
had conveyed to the troops their deep satisfaction on their efforts of
addressing the threat groups in the area of Region 8.
