Civilian killed, cop hurt in rebel attack in Aurora


Friday, November 23, 2012

MANILA -- A civilian was killed while a policeman was wounded in an attack staged by New People's Army rebels who earlier burned two heavy equipment of a construction firm engaged in a government project in Aurora province Friday morning.

Lieutenant Tala Servidad, spokesperson of the Army's 7th Infantry Division, said the rebels swooped down at Sitio Dimani in Villa village in Ma. Aurora town around 9 a.m. and burned a backhoe and a dump truck estimated to be worth P9 million.

Servidad said the burned heavy duty vehicles are owned by Palacious Constructions, which is concreting a road that connects Metro Manila and Aurora. She said the construction is part of the National Road Project.

"The New People's Army were reportedly extorting money from the company," said Servidad. The rebels attacks or harasses firms that refuse to pay revolutionary tax, a euphemism for extortion.

After the incident, Servidad said soldiers from the Army's 48th Infantry Battalion and local policemen were dispatched to the site but were attacked by the undetermined number of fully-armed rebels, killing a civilian in the area and wounding one of the responding policemen.

"We condemn these terroristic attacks against construction company. This tragic incident came when Peace and Development in Central Luzon is on the fast lane," Servidad said quoting 7th ID chief Brigadier General Gregorio Catapang. (VR/Sunnex)
Source http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/11/23/civilian-killed-cop-hurt-rebel-attack-aurora-254740

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