Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas ambushed and killed Thursday an Army intelligence officer in Aleosan, North Cotabato.
Aleosan Mayor Loreto Cabaya said victim SSgt. Felizardo Villagracia, of the Army’s 40th Infantry Battalion, was on his way aboard a motorbike to investigate an attempt by MILF rebels to take over a military detachment in remote Barangay Pagangan.
Col. Julieto Ando, Army’s 6th Infantry Division spokesman, said Villagracia engaged his ambushers with his service pistol and manage to kill three of his ambushers before felled by enemy fire.
The victim was rushed to the Cotabato Regional Medical Center here following the incident but was declared dead on arrival by doctors.
The soldier’s ambush was preceded by the harassment by followers of rogue MILF Commander Ameril Umbra Kato of an Army detachment in Barangay Tubak, another secluded village in the area.
Cabaya said the rebels attacked the detachment with heavy assault rifles and B-40 anti-tank rockets, prompting an encounter. - PNA
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