CNTs launch
pre-dawn raid in Lapinig, N. Samar
By
DPAO, 8ID PA
August 10, 2018
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan
City – The Municipal Police Station (MPS) of Lapinig, Northern
Samar manned by six PNP personnel under PCI Noly Montibon, Chief of
Police was raided by undetermined number CPP-NPA Terrorists (CNTs)
onboard two dump trucks and one jeep at around 2:00 A.M. on August
10, 2018.
The firefight lasted for
about 15 minutes that resulted in the wounding of PO1 Edison Aguerre
and PO2 Jerry Quilicol. The CNTs carted away the following items: 10
assorted high powered firearms, three handguns, undetermined numbers
of ammunition/magazine, undetermined numbers of MPS desktop/laptops,
and the MPS hotline cellular phone.
It can be recalled that on
July 13, 2018, Marieta “Tayang” Bartolo, Front Secretary of Metro 1,
SRC Emporium an NPA unit operating in the municipalities of Pambujan,
San Roque, Silvino Lobos, Las Navas, Mondragon, and Catarman all of
Northern Samar and Ruth Martirez Figueroa, Bayan Muna
President-Northern Samar, an incumbent Barangay Chairwoman of UEP,
Zone 3, Catarman, N.Samar and three others were apprehended at a
checkpoint. The Lapinig raid coincided with today’s scheduled
arraignment of “Tayang” who has two warrants of arrest issued by the
Gamay Regional Trial Court.
Maj. Gen. Raul M. Farnacio,
Commander 8ID condemns the pre-dawn attack conducted by these CNTs
as a terrorist act against the people of Lapinig, N. Samar.
In his statement, Maj.
Gen. Farnacio said that, “It only shows how desperate they are in
their armed struggle, I urged the community to report to the
authorities the presence of any armed group in your area. Security
is a shared responsibility of everyone; it is not just for us, the
security forces and government institutions but also in
collaboration with civil society and the communities.”
