Five NPA rebels, one army officer killed in Cadiz clash
Five communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a military officer died during a clash between the two sides in the outskirts of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday.
Citing report reaching the Philippine Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos said the firefight also resulted in the recovery of three high-powered firearms of the rebels.
Burgos said troops from the 62nd Infantry Battalion were on a patrol at the vicinity of Sitio Aluyan, Barangay Caduhaan, Cadiz City at around 10 a.m. when they caught up with an undetermined number of rebels.
“They (the soldiers) were conducting security patrol when the fighting broke out,” Burgos said, adding that the name of the slain Army lieutenant was withheld pending notification of his family.
Burgos said the troops recovered at the scene of the encounter the five bodies of the still unidentified rebels. Also recovered were an M14, an M16 and an M653 rifles. (PNA)
