3 NPA terrorists killed, 1 minor rescued in a series of clash in Caraga Three communist terrorists were killed, while a minor was rescued during a series of encounters between the government troops and the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) in the boundary of Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur and Mabuhay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Harvey Gernale, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion (3SFBn), Philippine Army, said the first encounter happened on June 14 at around 2:00 P.M. while a Special Forces Team was conducting security operations to verify the presence of armed group foraging for food in Sitio Tibog, Mabuhay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. About 20 communist terrorists fired upon the soldiers prompting them to fight back resulting in more than five minutes of armed encounter.
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“Our operating troops pursued the withdrawing enemy and captured a New People’s Army (NPA) combatant at the encounter site,” said Lt. Col. Gernale. The soldiers, later on, found out that the captured NPA is a minor (identity withheld for security) prompting them to bring her to the local police who later turned her over to the municipal social welfare and development office in Prosperidad for psychosocial
intervention and appropriate assistance. The troops seized at the encounter site black powder, blasting caps, and assorted nails, which are integral components of an anti-personnel mine. Lt. Col. Gernale added that the second encounter happened on June 15, around 2:00 P.M. when another Special Forces team tracked the fleeing communist terrorists at the vicinity of Sitio Caraga INFOCUS
