MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 10 May) – Five policemen were killed in an ambush Thursday by communist insurgents in the town of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro province, officials said.
Officials said six others were injured the attack after New People’s Army rebels detonated a landmine as a patrol car was passing in the village of Batasan. The policemen were part of a group protecting the provincial governor, Josephine Sato.
Army Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano, Southern Luzon Command chief, said the ambush occurred at around 7.30 a.m. He said some 30 rebels also opened fire on the police car, sparking a firefight between the two groups.
Sato was to campaign in the village when the rebels attack. At least 14 policemen were in the patrol car when the rebels ambushed them.
“Security forces are pursuing the attackers,” Yano said.
Sato, a staunch government supporter, condemned the attack. The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, which is fighting for a separate Maoist state in the country. (Juley Reyes)
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