From about five meters away, a New People’s Army (NPA)-Leyte Island (Mt. Amandewin Command) unit fired on the 14th IB fascist troops in Javier town, Leyte in the morning of October 15. The unit reported many casualties among the butcher soldiers.

The 14th IB unit was conducting so-called combat-clearing operations in the hills and rivers between Barangay Odiong and Barangay Caraye in Javier. The operation was part of the 14th IB’s extensive combat operations in the barangays within the towns of Javier and Abuyog.

The 14th IB treacherously and cowardly retaliated against the civilian population in Barangay Caraye, Javier. Following the NPA offensive, the 14th IB imposed a hamlet or “lockdown” on the community, prohibiting the masses from tending to their farms.

To cover up their defeat, the 14th IB and 802nd IB fabricated a story claiming they had confiscated a rifle from the NPA during the attack. The military even posted fake pictures on social media of firearms allegedly “left behind” by the NPA.