DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 02, 2009) – Government soldiers mounted fresh operation Monday to capture communist rebels who ambushed a group of policemen in the southern Philippines, officials said.
The ambush occurred in the village called Managa in Davao del Sur’s Bansalan town and reports said three policemen were killed.
“There is a pursuit operation right now. We are awaiting reports,” Col. Roland Bautista, spokesman for the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner.
The ambush occurred in the village called Managa in Davao del Sur’s Bansalan town and reports said three policemen were killed.
“There is a pursuit operation right now. We are awaiting reports,” Col. Roland Bautista, spokesman for the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner.
The attack was largely blamed to the New People’s Army which is waging a secessionist war the past three decades for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country.
The policemen were returning to their base when the rebels opened fire at them.
Last week, communist rebels also ambushed a military convoy and raided a police station in separate attacks that left at least 10 people in the troubled region.
The rebels set off a landmine on the convoy Thursday in Davao City’s Paquibato district and wounding seven soldiers. Three policemen were also wounded when another group of NPA rebels raided their station in South Cotabato’s Tampakan town.
The NPA has vowed to intensify its offensive against police and military targets in the southern Philippines.
Rebel leaders broke off peace talks with the Arroyo government in 2004 after the United States listed the communist rebel group, including the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front, as foreign terrorist organizations and froze their assets abroad on government's prodding. (Mindanao Examiner)
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