PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 7 – Another Communist New People s Army Terrorist (CNT) died recently and five high-powered firearms were seized in an hour-long encounter between the 3rd Special Forces “Arrowhead” Battalion (3SFBn) troops under the 4th Infantry Division and more or less 30 CNTs under the Sub-Regional Sentro De Grabidad (SRSDG) Southland, Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee led by Rizaldy Sumonod alias “Mansoy” in Sitio Paradise, Barangay Magsaysay, Agusan del Sur.
Other war materials recovered were: one IHL-banned anti-personnel land mine, nine rounds 40mm M203 grenade launcher ammos, 50 rounds 7.62mm M60 ammos, two sets of commercial radios, 15 backpacks and personal belongings, medical supplies and equipment, three keypad cellular phones, one touch screen android phone, and 20 meters electrical wire.
Published December 20, 2020, 2:58 PM
BUTUAN CITY
(PNA) – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed, while several firearms and other materials were recovered as the military, responding to information provided by indigenous peoples (IP) communities, engaged the Communist group in a one-hour encounter in a remote area in Sitio Paradise, Barangay Magsaysay in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Friday, December 18.
Third Special Forces Battalion (3SFBn) Civil Military Operation Officer First Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan said on Sunday their troops responded to reports made by IP communities that they were facing threats with the presence of more than 30 armed NPA rebels, who were planning to conduct extortion activities at the height of tropical depression Vicky.