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Tribesman killed in gun battle with NPA rebels in Agusan del Sur
Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez, Butuan City (2 November 2010) -- A member of a tribal group was killed while an undetermined number of New People's Army (NPA) rebels were believed either killed or wounded when the two groups engaged in a firefight Sunday afternoon at Sitio Daldalikan Creek, Barangay Kinamaybay, Esperanza town, Agusan del Sur province.
Field reports received at the Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) regional headquarters here on Monday identified the slain tribesman as Tata Hulasan, a member of a tribal group led by a certain "Datu Bawang."

The reports coming from Agusan del Sur Provincial Police Office (PPO) and Esperanza Municipal Police Station (MPS) stated that the tribesmen were on their way to their farmlands when they encountered the members of communist-Front Committee 88 of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-NPA) Northeastern Mindanao Regional Party Committee (NEMRC).

The gun battle started at 2 p.m. and lasted 15 minutes before the rebels withdrew to nearby forested mountain of Semuntana and Calabuan of the same town.

A field report further stated that an undetermined number of rebels were believed killed or wounded severely during the firefight.

Hot pursuit operation against the fleeing rebels is ongoing.

Brig. Gen. Emiliano Gupana, commanding general of the Army's 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade, and Chief Supt. Reynaldo Rafal, regional director of PRO 13, already dispatched their respective field units to beef up pursuing forces in the battle area.

On the other hand, elements of the Esperanza MPS also conducted chokepoints along the possible escape route of the rebels. (MUC/PIA-Caraga)

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