NPA bomb set off, missing army patrol in Compostela
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) - Suspected leftist
rebels detonated an improvised bomb in the southern Philippines early
today, barely missing a military vehicle on patrol and scaring
residents, a military official said.
Troops from the army's 71st Infantry Battalion were responding to reports of armed men sighted in Nueva Visayas village, Mawab town in the Southern Philippine Province of Compostela Valley when they were attacked by suspected New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas around 5:45 a.m. today, Colonel Roberto Domines Jr., 1001st Infantry Brigade commander, said.
"A powerful explosion happened and followed by bursts of gunfire, forcing our troops to fire back. Fortunately the blast did not hit the soldiers aboard a military truck," Domines told Xinhua by mobile phone.
The military official slammed the rebel group, saying the bomb was planted and set off along a national road where civilians, mostly farmers, regularly ues.
The 4,000-strong NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is fighting a 43-year leftist insurgency in 60 Philippine provinces.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=815629&publicationSubCategoryId=200
Troops from the army's 71st Infantry Battalion were responding to reports of armed men sighted in Nueva Visayas village, Mawab town in the Southern Philippine Province of Compostela Valley when they were attacked by suspected New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas around 5:45 a.m. today, Colonel Roberto Domines Jr., 1001st Infantry Brigade commander, said.
"A powerful explosion happened and followed by bursts of gunfire, forcing our troops to fire back. Fortunately the blast did not hit the soldiers aboard a military truck," Domines told Xinhua by mobile phone.
The military official slammed the rebel group, saying the bomb was planted and set off along a national road where civilians, mostly farmers, regularly ues.
The 4,000-strong NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is fighting a 43-year leftist insurgency in 60 Philippine provinces.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=815629&publicationSubCategoryId=200
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