The New People’s Army (NPA) units in Negros island mounted a series of tactical offensives over the past two weeks targetting the most notorious military and police units.

The NPA-Central Negros fired at a police station in Sitio Parkingan, Trinidad, Guihulngan City on November 1. Two policemen were reported injured.

On the same day, NPA snipers fired at a military detachment in Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City. The detachment was also the target of an NPA sniping operations on October 30. A soldier was killed and another was wounded in the offensives.

Meanwhile, five soldiers of the 62nd IB were killed in an encounter with the NPA-Central Negros in Sitio Ilijan Gamay, Barangay Planas, Guihulngan City on October 29 at 3 p.m. Another encounter in Sitio Ilijan, Barangay Buenavista transpired at 9 p.m. where Michael Asuncion (Ka Reymund), a Red fighter, was killed.

On October 20, NPA-Southwest Negros harassed a military detachment in Pinggot, Ilog, Negros Occidental. According to the NPA units, the armed actions are in response to the AFP and PNP’s continuing human rights violations on the island.