DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 17, 2008) – Communist insurgents on Sunday raided a telecommunication facility and bombed equipment in the southern Philippines, a military report said.
The military said dozens of New People’s Army insurgents were involved in the attack on cell phone tower, owned by telecommunication giant Globe Telecom, in Claver town in Surigao del Norte province. The raid occurred before sunrise, it said.
It was unknown whether the tower was guarded by company security or not, but there were no reports of civilian casualties resulting from the attack.
In March, NPA gunmen also attacked Globe Telecom tower in the village of San Vicente in Compostela Valley province’s Montevista town. The raiders also carted away firearms of security guard before torching telecom equipment.
The motive of the latest attack is still unknown, but the military previously said the NPA assaults on telecommunication facilities in Mindanao were triggered by failed extortion.
The military said dozens of New People’s Army insurgents were involved in the attack on cell phone tower, owned by telecommunication giant Globe Telecom, in Claver town in Surigao del Norte province. The raid occurred before sunrise, it said.
It was unknown whether the tower was guarded by company security or not, but there were no reports of civilian casualties resulting from the attack.
In March, NPA gunmen also attacked Globe Telecom tower in the village of San Vicente in Compostela Valley province’s Montevista town. The raiders also carted away firearms of security guard before torching telecom equipment.
The motive of the latest attack is still unknown, but the military previously said the NPA assaults on telecommunication facilities in Mindanao were triggered by failed extortion.
Singapore Telecommunications owns 45% of Globe; diversified corporation Ayala owns one-quarter. The company provides local and long distance telecommunications services to more than 12 million wireless subscribers throughout the Philippines.
The NPA in the past also raided mining firms and multi-national companies which failed to pay so-called “revolutionary taxes.”
The insurgents are fighting for a separate Maoist state in the Philippines and have forged an alliance with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is also waging a secessionist war the past four decades in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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