TWO-HOUR GUN FIGHT WITH NPA
IN BULAN CLAIMED ONE DEAD
by Roy G. Gersalia
by Roy G. Gersalia
BULAN, Sorsogon -- (News)— A firefight erupted early morning today between elements of the Philippine Army and the communist’s New Peoples Army (NPA) at the boundary of barangays Butag and Bonga, this town, leaving one soldier wounded and an NPA member dead, police said.
The two-hour firefight injured PFC (Private First Class) Cristituto Vellones y Divina of the Bravo Company, Philippine Army based at barangay Laboy, Matnog town.
Vellones was initially treated at the Pantaleon Gotladera Memorial Hospital but was later airlifted by a military chopper for further medical treatment at Sorsogon City.
The victim, who is believed to be a member of the NPA, had bruises on the chest but revealed no bullet wounds. His body was found near a swamp where the supposed encounter took place. It was initially brought to this town’s police station and eventually to the hospital for necropsy where the examining physician declared the cause of death as “drowning”. As of press time, the casualty remained unidentified.
Eyewitness accounts, however, claim, there were ten or more persons wounded both from the government troops and from the rebels’ side.
The two-hour firefight injured PFC (Private First Class) Cristituto Vellones y Divina of the Bravo Company, Philippine Army based at barangay Laboy, Matnog town.
Vellones was initially treated at the Pantaleon Gotladera Memorial Hospital but was later airlifted by a military chopper for further medical treatment at Sorsogon City.
The victim, who is believed to be a member of the NPA, had bruises on the chest but revealed no bullet wounds. His body was found near a swamp where the supposed encounter took place. It was initially brought to this town’s police station and eventually to the hospital for necropsy where the examining physician declared the cause of death as “drowning”. As of press time, the casualty remained unidentified.
Eyewitness accounts, however, claim, there were ten or more persons wounded both from the government troops and from the rebels’ side.
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