DAVAO CITY — An undetermined number of armed men, believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA), fired at the Army’s 1001st Infantry Brigade (IB) detachment in Sitio Quarry, Barangay Mapaang in Maco, Compostela Valley Wednesday morning.
Brig. Gen. Gilbert Saret, commander of 1001IB said the troops heard more or less 15 gunshots coming from the southwest around 100 meters from the location of the detachment.
Saret said none of the troops was hurt during the incident.
Following the incident, Saret said the 101st Division Reconnaissance Company was sent to conduct clearing operations.
Wednesday’s attack was the second time for the 1001st, the first occurring three years ago.
Guerilla Front 2 under the NPA’s Sub-Regional Committee 2, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee, is known to operate in areas under the jurisdiction of the 1001IB .
“Mangilan ngilang armadong grupo lang naman nagpaputok (Only a few of the armed group fired their firearms),” he said.
“We are assessing their motive and we will make necessary adjustments so that the incident will not happen again,” Saret said. (Rhoda Grace Saron/PNA)
