Legazpi City -- Twelve policemen, including two officers, two militiamen and two civilians were wounded in successive ambuscades by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas in Masbate province on Thursday, consolidated police reports said on Friday.
Personnel of the 506th provincial police mobile group were patrolling in Barangay (village) Pinamangkaan, Mandaon town at around 11:30 a.m. around 40 rebels, led by Luis Gonzaga, alias Jaypee, ambushed them, triggering a two-hour firefight, Chief Superintendent Paterno Bangui, Bicol regional police director, said.
Seven policemen -- Chief Inspector Ronald Fulo, the leader of the provincial mobile group; Police Officers 2 Menard Danao, Darius Capili, and Rogelio Bolante; Police Officers 1 Ian Mark Antiporda, Juvy Llunar, and Ronel Paac -- and civilians Editha Race and Gilbert Leonor Don, were wounded.
Police from Balud town led by Senior Inspector Eduardo Regalario, on their way to reinforce their ambushed comrades, were themselves waylaid by 20 rebels in Panguiranan village, wounding the police chief, Senior Police Officer 3 Onesimo Santiago, Police Officer 3 Rico Figuera, Police Officers 1 Alberto Totanes and Elmer Miguel, and civilian volunteers Alfredo Vilaruel and Allen Cabarles, Bangui said.
The Army’s 9th Infantry Brigade dispatched two helicopters to evacuate the wounded. Antiporda and Llanar, who sustained serious injuries, were brought to Legaspi City for medical treatment.
By Johana Vi Gasga, Inquirer Southern Luzon/
Abigail Kwok INQUIRER.net
First Posted 18:37:00 03/12/2009
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