From InterAksyon (Sep 12): NPA torch construction equipment in Sarangani
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Suspected New People’s Army guerrillas torched heavy equipment in a raid on a construction firm in Alabel town, Sarangani Wednesday, the military said.
Lieutenant Shalimar Imperial, commander of the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion, said eight rebels entered the temporary compound of Vicente Lao Construction in Barangay Bagacay around 12:30 p.m. and set fire to a backhoe and grader.
“Witnesses said eight rebels armed with assorted firearms were seen burning one backhoe and one grader doing a road construction project in the area, after which the NPAs forcibly collected the cellular phone batteries of the populace nearby and fired their weapons (into the) air while withdrawing,” Imperial said.
He said he had sent troops to the area to pursue the rebel band.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/70564/npa-torch-construction-equipment-in-sarangani
Suspected New People’s Army guerrillas torched heavy equipment in a raid on a construction firm in Alabel town, Sarangani Wednesday, the military said.
Lieutenant Shalimar Imperial, commander of the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion, said eight rebels entered the temporary compound of Vicente Lao Construction in Barangay Bagacay around 12:30 p.m. and set fire to a backhoe and grader.
“Witnesses said eight rebels armed with assorted firearms were seen burning one backhoe and one grader doing a road construction project in the area, after which the NPAs forcibly collected the cellular phone batteries of the populace nearby and fired their weapons (into the) air while withdrawing,” Imperial said.
He said he had sent troops to the area to pursue the rebel band.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/70564/npa-torch-construction-equipment-in-sarangani