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3 civilians hurt in alleged NPA attack on Army parol base in Masbate


Three civilians were wounded as alleged New People's Army guerrillas attacked a temporary patrol base of the Army's 93rd Division Reconnaissance Company in Masbate province on Saturday.

Brigade spokesman 1Lt Clint  P. Antipala said the incident happened in Sitio Guiwanon, Barangay Danao, San Jacinto town on Ticao Island at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

All three wouded civilians have yet to be identified, and that one of them was in serious condition, Antipala said.

Also he said said soldiers discovered the casualties after the insurgents fired indiscriminately in the direction of the patrol base.

Soldiers rushed the three wounded civilians to a nearby hospital.

"These are desperate moves of the NPA guerrillas because they cannot extort revolutionary taxes from the civilians on the island province due to the presence of troops there," a certain Col. Idio claimed.

"They want the troops to leave the island so that they can also continue on with their Agrarian Revolutionary Programs and continue harvesting the agricultural products of the big parcels of land that they confiscated from the legitimate owners whom they forced to leave the area, otherwise face execution from the guerrillas," he added. — LBG, GMA News

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