NPAs raid farm of key figure in 1990 coup plot

Communist guerrillas raided the farmhouse of a retired colonel and key figure in a 1990 coup attempt against former President Corazon Aquino in one of a series of attacks launched in Agusan del Norte and Bukidnon that prompted the military to send more men to the front lines.

On Monday, members of the New People’s Army (NPA) raided the farmhouse of retired Col. Alexander Noble, a key figure in the 1990 coup attempt against the late Ms Aquino, in Impasug-ong town in Bukidnon. The rebels took a shotgun, a .38 cal. revolver, a mobile phone and P4,000 in cash.

Noble is known to have led the uprising of soldiers against the first Aquino administration in Cagayan de Oro City in 1990.

Also on Monday, NPA rebels burned a fuel tanker in Pangantukan town, also in Bukidnon.

Maj. Eugene Osias, spokesperson of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, said the Bukidnon attacks came just as more soldiers were sent to run after guerrillas in Agusan del Norte.

The Agusan military operation was aimed at guerrillas who attacked three mining sites in Taganito, Surigao del Norte, last month, according to Osias.