DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- Suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) attacked the community security patrol of the 29th Infantry (Matatag)
Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division in Barangay Cuyago, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Monday morning April 13, 2020.
At around 11:35 a 15-minute encounter ensued between the government forces and more or less 18 rebels believed to be members of Samahang Yunit Pampropaganda-16A , Guerilla Front-16 , North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee under Samuel Batikan a.k.a. “Albren” a military report said. The encounter resulted in the recovery of four rolls of detonating cords, three magazines for AK-47 with 30 serviceable ammunition, and assorted empty shells for AK-47 and M-16 rifles.
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