1 NPA terrorist
killed, M16 rifle and explosives seized in Pinabacdao, Samar
By
DPAO, 8ID PA
May 13, 2020
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan,
Samar – Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) Team of the
46th Infantry (Peacemakers) Battalion, Philippine Army encountered
not less than five (5) CPP-NPA Terrorists (CNTs) in Barangay Layo,
Pinabacdao, Samar today, May 13, 2020 at about 10:30 in the morning.
The encounter ensued when government security forces responded to an
information provided by the locals on the presence of an armed group
conducting extortion activities.
After a 10-minute
firefight, the rebels retreated leaving behind their dead comrade
with one M16 rifle w/ attached M203 Grenade Launcher; one Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) approximately weighing 5 kilograms; one
blasting cap; one bandolier with one long magazine for M16 rifle
loaded with 10 rounds ammunition; two rounds of ammunition for M203
Grenade Launcher and ammunition for AK47. There was no casualty on
the government side.
Lieutenant Colonel Rhomel
R. Langcauon, Commanding Officer of 46IB, lauded the RCSP Team for
their efforts and the residents for providing the Army with timely
and vital information that led to the successful security operation.
Colonel Camilo Z. Ligayo,
801st Brigade Commander, in his statement, “This is a display of the
intensified support of local communities to the government,
denouncing the atrocities and activities of the rebel-terrorists. It
is a tragedy that another rebel loses his life as a victim of this
senseless armed struggle in an attempt to defend a futile ideology.
If they only considered the call to return to mainstream society,
unnecessary deaths in encounters like this would have never
occurred.”
