Suspected NPA members torch DPWH's 5 construction vehicles in Quezon

Suspected New People's Army (NPA) members torched five heavy equipment of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Lopez, Quezon on Saturday night.

Chief Inspector Romulo Albacea, Lopez police chief, said at least 20 armed NPA rebels torched the DPWH's construction vehicles including two cement mixers, two trucks and a pay loader at around 9 p.m.

Albacea said policemen were able to reach the area on Sunday morning.

The police chief added that troops from the military's unit in the area have recovered a landmine when they responded to the incident.

Pursuit operations are ongoing against the suspected rebels. —report from Peewee Bacuño/Margaret Claire Layug/ALG, GMA News