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st Infantry Battalion (61
st IB) seized a camp belonging to the New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao town, Iloilo province, on Saturday, December 26, which was the 52
nd founding anniversary of the leftist armed group’s political arm Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
According to 61
st IB Commander Lt. Col. Joel Benedict Batara, his men clashed with about 60 NPA rebels, who belong to the Suyak platoon of the NPA’s Southern Front Committee, in the mountainous village of Tigmarabo on Saturday.
The encounter lasted 20 minutes until the rebels withdrew in different directions, leaving behind their camp.
Government troops found several items from the abandoned NPA camp. It included two 12-gauge shotguns, a hand grenade, 10 backpacks, two mobile phones, a binocular, a projector, and subversive documents.