BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) for the brutal shooting of two soldiers on November 24 in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.
“Despite our successful operations and other commendable milestones in promoting peace during these past few weeks in Visayas, it is still infuriating and saddening to hear these kinds of news,” in a statement said Carlos, also vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
She added that “these tragedies or atrocities will continue until the insurgency and terrorism problem is resolved with finality.”
Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales, spokesperson of the Legal Cooperation Cluster of the Regional Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict in Western Visayas, has described the ambush as a “senseless, unjustified, and cowardly act,” perpetrated by rebels.
“These killings are senseless, unjustified, and serve no purpose other than to affirm the fact that the CPP-NDF-NPA is a terrorist organization that has brought misery, suffering, and death to our people,” he said.
Gonzales added that they condemn CPP-NDF-NPA and the acts of violence that they commit against this nation and against its people.
He also said the task force also honors the fallen soldiers who put their lives on the line to serve and to protect the nation’s freedom.
The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division also strongly condemned the merciless killing of two of its personnel, following the admission of the New People’s Army Armando Sumayang Command that they were behind the deaths on November 24 in Sitio Cambugiot, Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.
Killed in the rebel-initiated ambush were SSgt. Ken Camilan and Sgt. Regie Glindro, both intelligence operatives of the 47th Infantry Battalion.
The two Army soldiers were on their way to Sitio Cambogiot proper in the barangay on board a motorcycle when an armed group of suspected rebels opened fire at them. Both victims succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds and died on the spot, according to initial reports of the Sipalay City Police Station.*
