Automatic rifles, bomba nasamsam sa Mindanao

CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City – Nasamsam ng government security forces at peace and development teams ng Army’s 71st Infantry (Kaibigan) Battallion (71st IB) ang high powered automatic rifles at improvised explosive devices (IEDs) sa Southern Mindanao province, kinumpirma ni 71st IB Civil Military Operations ( CMO) officer 1st Lieutenant Jhocell D. Asis.

Sa isang pahayag na ipinadala sa Balita nitong Huwebes, sinabi ng 71st CMO officer na ang mga nadiskubreng pampasabog ay maaaring makapahamak sa mga sibilyan at sundalo kung hindi agad nasamsam.

"Our patrolling security forces and peace and development teams received information from a Former Rebel (FR) about the presence of Communist New People’s Army Terrorists (CNTs) bringing sack with suspicious items inside at Sitio Limpakan, Barangay Tagbaros, Maco, Compostela valley (ComVal) province," sabi niya.

"Information also revealed that IEDs were seen implanted along the abandoned logging road by the members of Militia ng Bayan (MB) of the CNTs that did not delay our operating troops to make an immediate action," ayon kay 1st Lt. Asis.

Agad rumesponde ang mga tauhan ng 71st IB, sa pamumuno nina Capt. Keane F. Cagalitan at Capt. Juan Carlo Bonin Sabardan, sa nasabing lugar.

"With the help of villagers, detonating wire was discovered along the way and followed by the recovery of the series emplacement of IEDs (anti-personnel) in the road" aniya.