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Photo: This October 13, 2019 file photo shows part of Cagayan de Oro City, the regional center of Northern Mindnanao. (Cagayan de Oro City Facebook page)
Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) (Photo via PNA / MANILA BULLETIN)
Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said the subject of the pursuit operation are members of the Guerrilla Front Sendong of the NPA’s Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee.
Vinluan said the troops of the 10th Infantry Battalion were conducting combat operations when they figured in a 20-minute firefight with 20 rebels in Barangay Tuno, Don Victoriano Chiongbian, Misamis Occidental on Jan. 30.
The NPA communist terrorists, who were believed to have incurred casualties, fled bringing along their wounded comrades.
“The enemy (NPA rebels) incurred an undetermined number of casualties as evident in the bloodstains in their withdrawal path,” said Lt. Col. Ray Tiongson, 10IB commander.