NPA rebel killed in Agusan del Sur clash

A New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla was killed in a clash with soldiers in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, says the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID). The Army added that the 50 rebels involved in the armed encounter were identified with the NPA’s North Central Mindanao Regional Committee. INQUIRER FILES

ILIGAN CITY — A New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla was killed in a clash with soldiers in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, October 22.

Lt. Col. Francisco Garello, public affairs chief of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID), said that troops of the 26th Infantry Battalion engaged some 50 rebels in an armed encounter in Sitio Tamyang, Barangay Binicalan of San Luis town.

The rebels, according to Garello, were identified with the NPA’s North Central Mindanao Regional Committee.

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Soldiers recovered from the still unidentified rebel a Bushmaster M4 rifle, along with assorted war materiel and personal belongings.

The seized firearm added to the haul of three high-powered weapons taken by soldiers from a hidden arms cache of NPA rebels in various areas of the Caraga region in the past few weeks. Ryan D. Rosauro, Inquirer Mindanao