Militiaman abducted in Camarines Sur
LIGAO CITY, Philippines — A member of the government militia was abducted by an undetermined number of armed men on Wednesday morning in Ragay, Camarines Sur, an Army official said.
Riquery Neo, a member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) unit based in Barangay (village) Cawayan in Ragay, was driving a motorcycle around 11 a.m. in the village, with his wife and three children as riders, when they were stopped by the armed men, said Lieutenant Colonel Medel Aguilar, commander of the 49th IB based in Labo, Camarines Norte.
Neo was then forcibly taken by the armed men and brought to an unknown place.
Aguilar said they suspected that New People’s Army rebels were behind the abduction.
“The 49IB is now conducting rescue operations,” said Aguilar.
He said the Army has started securing Neo’s family.
The Cafgu is an auxiliary unit of the Philippine Army in its fight against the communist rebels.
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