The New People’s Army-Bukidnon reported this August the result of one of its unit’s clash with 8th IB elements at Sitio Tubigon, Barangay Busdi, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on July 1. The encounter killed at least seven soldiers of the 8th IB.

The damage prompted the 8th IB to fire artillery on July 1 and July 2 to retaliate against the masses supporting the army. No unit of the NPA-Bukidnon was hit, but this terrorized the communities of peasants and Lumad in the area.

Four artillery shells were first fired at 12:30 in the afternoon of July 1.

The next day, the AFP again fired four artillery shells at three in the morning, when the civilian population was in the middle of resting.