FILE PHOTO: The New People’s Army (NPA). INQUIRER FILES
LEGAZPI CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed on Saturday in separate encounters with the government troops in Camarines Sur and Masbate.
In a belated report, Major Frank Roldan, spokesperson of the 9th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, said the members of 81st Infantry Battalion and the police had a 15-minute encounter with suspected rebels in Barangay (village) Salvacion in Ragay, Camarines Sur at around 9:45 a.m.
The slain rebel was identified as Nestor Postre, alias “Barbie” or “Bebot.”
In San Jacinto, Masbate, two unidentified rebels were also killed in another clash in Barangay Jagnaan at around 3 p.m.
Roldan said the 96th Infantry Battalion and the Masbate police had a 30-minute firefight with around 20 armed individuals.
An M-16 rifle and M203 grenade launcher were recovered from the area.
No one was hurt on the government side.