MANILA — Units from the Cagayan De Oro-based 4th Infantry Division are now pursuing the unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) who abducted a soldier at Baran-gay Alagatan, Gingoog City killing one trooper and wounding two civilians last Saturday, July 11.
Reports forwarded Monday by 4th Infantry Division public affairs office chief Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez said that the Maoist guerillas attacked at 5:30 pm.
Martinez said the NPA combatants who attacked their troops belong to the Guerrilla Front 4B. Martinez said the incident stemmed from Barangay Alagatan officials request for assistance regarding the presence of rebels in their community.
When troopers from the 58th Infantry Battalion, a field unit of the 4th Infantry Division, went to investigate, the NPAs fired at them, killing one soldier and wounding two civilians.
Martinez said the wounded civilians and soldier were brought to the nearest hospital. (PNA)
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