2 alleged NPA members captured in Isabela clash
Map of Isabela province. INQUIRER.net
CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, ISABELA — Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were captured on Easter Sunday in a running gunbattle with government soldiers in Jones, Isabela.
The rebels, whose names were withheld for security and privacy reasons, belong to the NPA-Komiteng Rehiyon Cagayan Valley, the military reported. They have been held for questioning.
The 86th Battalion soldiers, who spotted and engaged in a gunfight with the rebels in Barangay Dicamay 2, also found two M-16 Armalite rifles, a magazine, assorted bullets, and personal belongings.
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In a statement, Major General Gulliver Señires, commander of the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division, urged the “remnants of the communist movement to give up.”
Señires promised to give safe conduct passes to rebels who would surrender.
