Victorious NPA offensives:
NPA seizes 38 firearms in tactical offensives

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

The New People�s Army seized 38 firearms of various caliber in a series of tactical offensives in the last week of October. Twelve enemy forces were killed and at least three were wounded.

In Northern Samar. Ten high-powered rifles and nine pistols were added to the NPA�s arsenal when Red fighters assaulted the police station in the town of Gamay on October 24.

Riding eight passenger jeeps, the Red fighters attacked the municipality of Gamay, in the northeastern part of the province, at around 6:30 in the morning. As the NPA assault forces exchanged fire with four policemen in the headquarters, other guerrillas entered the houses of two policemen near the municipal building.

One policeman was wounded. The Red fighters sustained no casualties.

In Isabela. Seven troops of the combined forces of the 53rd Reconnaissance Company (RC) and the 45th IB were killed when they were ambushed while crossing the river in Sitio Kurawitan, Barangay Binatug, San Mariano on the morning of October 25.

In a statement, Fortunato Camus Command (NPA Northeastern Luzon) spokesperson Victor Servidores said that at least seven soldiers were also wounded in the ambush that lasted about five hours. Contrary to a statement by the 5th ID that six guerrillas were slain, there were no casualties on the side of the NPA.

In Bulacan. Three policemen were killed and ten firearms confiscated in a victorious NPA raid on a detachment of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Command in Barangay Poblacion, Hagonoy, Bulacan on the night of October 30.

After alighting from the van they had ridden, the Red fighters quickly entered the detachment, which is near the municipal police station. Three policemen were killed and another one wounded after a 10-minute exchange of fire. The NPA withdrew riding two motorized dugout canoes (bangka) docked by the river behind the detachment.

The NPA confiscated eight M16s, a .45 and a .38. According to the Guerrilla Front Committee in Western Bulacan-Pampanga, the PNP Maritime Command was meted punishment because it protected big capitalist fishers and extorted from small fishermen.

In Zamboanga del Sur. Two CAFGU elements were slain and a sergeant was wounded when Red fighters attacked the 51st IB detachment in Barangay Fatima, San Miguel at dawn of October 27. The NPA first burned down the camp before retreating and bringing with them the three high-powered rifles they confiscated.

In Tarlac. Fighters of the NPA Nelson Mesina Command seized an M16, an M14, a 9 mm and a .38 when they attacked the PNP detachment in Barangay Lubigan, San Jose town on October 26. The guerrillas came in riding three dump trucks commandeered from the Provincial Engineers� Office.

07 November 2003
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