Road project in Samar
blasted with UN-banned landmines to hurt 8ID troops
By CMO Battalion, 8ID PA
July
21, 2011
CAMP LUKBAN,
Catbalogan, Samar – Headquarters-bound troops who recently performed
as area security in support of the ground breaking ceremony for the Gandara-Matuguinao road development project held yesterday were
harassed at about 11:30 p.m. last night along the way by a
communist-inspired criminal group at the vicinity of Barangay
Canligues and Concepcion, both of Paranas, Samar.
Two UN-banned
landmines usually employed by the communist-inspired criminal group
detonated along the road that caused the death of one soldier, the
wounding of six others, and damage to a portion of a currently
developed road. The wounded soldiers were immediately evacuated and
are now under treatment at Saint Paul’s Hospital in Tacloban City.
Responding troops in the area are now making sure that the traffic
along the route will not be hampered because of the incident.
The incident is an
expected reaction of the communist-inspired criminal group against the
efforts of the 8th Infantry Division who has committed to support road
development and other related projects in the Region at all cost. The
road where the incident occurred is among the roads that the 8ID
supports for development.
