2 cops hurt in NPA ambush in Quezon
LUCENA CITY –– Two policemen were wounded in an ambush by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in San Narciso town in Quezon province Friday.
In a spot report, the injured police officers were identified as Patrolmen Millan Kenn Parco and Kennedy Piamonte, both assigned at the San Narciso police station.
The report said while the policemen were conducting routine mobile patrol, an undetermined number of alleged rebels fired at them in Barangay San Juan at 8:40 a.m.
Citing Parco’s narrative, the report said the policemen returned fire and were able to hit one of the rebels.
The wounded policemen were taken to the San Narciso Hospital for treatment./lzb