Victorious NPA offensives
October 18, Agusan del Sur: The New People�s Army (NPA) raided a detachment of the 4th ID in Barangay Berseba, Bayugan, killing a soldier and a CAFGU member and seizing their firearms.
October 15, Albay: A CAFGU element was killed and two sergeants and another CAFGU wounded when the NPA clashed with troops of the 201st Bde on patrol in Barangay Danao, Polangui.
October 14, Isabela: A sergeant of the 21st IB was killed and another wounded in an NPA ambush in Barangay Mabayyad along the borders of Jones, San Agustin and Echague towns.
October 13, Camarines Norte: The NPA raided the San Lorenzo Ruiz municipal hall at around 9:45 PM. Two policemen were wounded in the firefight. A grenade blast incinerated a PNP jeep.
October 10, Occidental Mindoro: Two troops of the 408th PNP Provincial Mobile Group were killed and two more wounded when a bomb was detonated on their vehicle in Sitio Kadilawan, Barangay Vicente, Abra de Ilog.
October 4, Laguna: Four troops of the Philippine Army 1st IB were killed and many more wounded in an encounter with an NPA squad in Sapang Bomba along the border of Cavinti, Laguna and Mauban, Quezon. A military platoon was combing through a highly thicketed area along the Laguna- Quezon border when the Red fighters spotted them. The NPA immediately opened fire. The reactionary military suppressed news about the encounter. Instead, AFP spokesperson Col. Daniel Lucero bragged about seizing an NPA camp in Barangay Calminaue, Cavinti, Laguna. But no less than the residents living by Lake Caliraya, which is close to the site of the encounter, witnessed a helicopter bringing the dead and wounded soldiers to the 1st IB headquarters in Western Talaungan, Cavinti.
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