LEGAZPI CITY—A police officer was killed Monday, Feb. 28, when suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked the camp of the 504th Police Maneuver Company in Pilar town in Sorsogon, a police report said Tuesday.
Slain was Corporal Ryan Atos, a member of the police unit, said Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, in a report.
The report said an undetermined number of NPA rebels fired at the camp in Barangay Esperanza around 6:45 p.m. and triggered a 15-minute firefight.
No other casualties were reported from the government troops, Calubaquib said.
Brigadier-General Jonnel Estomo, Bicol police chief, condemned the attack in a statement Tuesday.
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