BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Another member of the New People’s Army died yesterday in renewed armed clashes with Army soldiers in Sitio Taluktok, Brgy. Sandayao, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.
Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, disclosed that soldiers of the 62nd Infantry Battalion responded to reports of civilians on the presence of armed rebels in their community, resulting in a five-minute gunbattle.
Pasaporte said the fleeing rebels left behind at the encounter site their slain comrade, whose identity is yet to be established.
Aside from the slain rebel, Army soldiers also recovered a KG-9 sub machine gun with a magazine containing ammunition, a caliber .357 Magnum revolver with ammunition, a fragmentation grenade, subversive documents and assorted personal belongings.
No one was hurt among 62IB soldiers who are still pursuing the fleeing rebels, reported as members of the Central Negros 1, under the supervision of Komiteng Rehiyonal – Negros/Cebu/Bohol/Siquijor.
A week ago, four suspected NPA rebels also died an encounter with 94IB soldiers in Brgy. Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. It was followed by another encounter in Brgy. Inayawan, Cauayan, where Army soldiers recovered war materials left behind by the fleeing rebels.*
