DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 23, 2008) – Communist insurgents ambushed an army patrol, sparking a firefight that left one soldier wounded in the southern Philippines, a security spokesman said Tuesday.
Major Armand Rico, of the Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command, said the fighting in the village of Kabungsuan in Surigao del Sur’s Lingig town lasted about 25 minutes.
He said about ten New People’s Army rebels attacked the patrol on Monday afternoon. “One of our soldiers was wounded in the fighting,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
Rico said troops, who were members of the 36th Infantry Battalion, had recovered four anti-tank and claymore mines left behind by insurgents. “We have reports suggesting that the insurgents had suffered an undetermined number of casualties,” he said.
Major Armand Rico, of the Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command, said the fighting in the village of Kabungsuan in Surigao del Sur’s Lingig town lasted about 25 minutes.
He said about ten New People’s Army rebels attacked the patrol on Monday afternoon. “One of our soldiers was wounded in the fighting,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
Rico said troops, who were members of the 36th Infantry Battalion, had recovered four anti-tank and claymore mines left behind by insurgents. “We have reports suggesting that the insurgents had suffered an undetermined number of casualties,” he said.
The NPA is the armed wing of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), which is fighting the past decades for the establishment of a Maoist state in the Philippines.
The rebels broke off peace talks with Manila in 2004 after they accused President Gloria Arroyo of reneging on a deal that would have freed hundreds of political detainees and a put a stop to extrajudicial killings of activists in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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