2 suspected NPA members killed in Negros Oriental clash —PNP

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said two suspected members of the New People’s Army were killed in a clash with its troops in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Monday.

PNP chief Police General Debold Sinas said the encounter happened between members of the PNP Special Action Force Commando Course Class 105-2019, who were on a test mission, and an undetermined number of rebels.

“The gun battle resulted to the death of two NPA terrorists while no casualties were reported on the government side,” Sinas said in a statement.

The police troops were conducting combat operations in Barangays Nagbinlod, Alangilan and Nagbalaye in Santa Catalina, the PNP said.

According to PNP, the operating troops were still at the encounter area to continue scouring while other combat troops were in position to block the possible exit routes of the fleeing rebels.

“The Philippine National Police is determined to end the communist insurgency, including all fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA),” Sinas said.  

Police recovered the following items from the clash site:

• an M16 rifle with loaded chamber with serial number 9623781
• a caliber .22 Magnum revolver loaded with six pieces live ammunition
• three pieces M16 short steel magazines loaded with 40 pieces live ammunition
• 13 pieces 12 gauge shotgun ammunition

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• a magazine of caliber .45 pistol loaded with one piece live ammunition
• a magazine of KG-9 sub-machine gun loaded with 16 pieces live ammunition
• 16 pieces live ammunition of caliber 9mm pistol
• a magazine pouch of caliber .45 pistol
• six pieces cellphone (1 Android phone and 5 keypad phones. One of the keypad phones was wired and suspected to be used as triggering device)
• 17 SIM cards
• one piece handheld radio (Baofeng)
• eight pairs of boots
• assorted ammunition
• other CPP-NPA documents of intelligence value

—Joviland Rita/KG, GMA News