MANILA, Philippines —
Military official Captain Alberto Caber said on Wednesday that Personnel of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) together with the Philippine National Police (PNP) clash with
an estimated 30 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Tuesday afternoon.
“The government troops
from the 84th Infantry Battalion (IB) and PNP
Special Action Force (SAF) were on their usual routine of
monitoring Talomo Mountain in the upper portions of
Barangays Baracatan and Catigan in Davao City when the
encounter happened,” said by Caber who is Captain of Public Information Chief
of the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom).
“They were conducting
security patrols, the PNP and the 84th IB in the area when the encounter
happened,” Caber continued.
Further,he added that the AFP
and the PNP conduct a regular
operation to “protect the people in the respective area from harassment,
coercion and deception by the NPA.”
Throughout the 30-minute
firefight, five members of the SAF and one member from the 84th IB and were
immediately treated.
However,
Caber could not provide an approximate figure on the counts of wounded rebels
who withdrew after the firefight.
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