Victorious NPA offensives
NPA attacks Ilocos Sur police station
Red fighters of the New People's Army (NPA) seized at least seven M16 rifles when they attacked the municipal police station of Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur before midnight on September 15.
The eight policemen in the station returned fire but were forced to surrender to the NPA after a 20-minute firefight. Two of them were killed, five wounded and one escaped. The NPA torched the station and a police vehicle after raiding the police armory.
Meanwhile, the NPA raided the municipal hall of Esperanza, Masbate and seized a computer on the night of September 6.
Soldiers ambushed in Isabela
Three soldiers of the 45th IB "A" Coy were killed and many more were wounded in an ambush by forces of the NPA-Venerando Villacillo Command on September 7 in Palacian, San Agustin, Isabela.
Benito Tesorio Front spokesperson Ka Delio Balagon issued this clarification to refute the false claims made by Gen. Samuel Bagasin, commander of the 5th ID, that the AFP sustained no casualties in what he said was not an ambush but an encounter. Baladon said that civilians from the area themselves witnessed the soldiers carrying three of their dead and many more wounded.
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