Suspected NPA rebel killed in Camarines Norte clash

Capalonga is a coastal town of Camarines Norte (Google maps)

LEGAZPI CITY — A suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was slain on Wednesday in a clash with Army troopers in a hinterland village of Capalonga town in Camarines Norte province, a report reaching the Army’s 9th Infantry Division (9ID) said.

The still unidentified communist rebel was killed in a five-minute gun battle between Army soldiers who were on combat operation in the vicinity of Sitio (sub-village) Public, in Barangay (village) Itok around 5:30 a.m., Capt. Joash Pramis, 9th ID spokesperson, said.

Pramis said soldiers recovered from the slain rebel his M16 rifle, three magazines and a backpack with personal belongings.

Pramis said that the slain NPA was the second communist insurgent killed in a week in Camarines provinces. The first one was slain in an encounter in Barangay Pinamihagan in Lagonoy town in Camarines Sur last March 12.  SFM

New People’s Army. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO