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PALIMBANG, Sultan Kudarat – A squad of Communist New People’s Army (NPA) gunmen were killed on Friday, Christmas Day, after a base camp in Sultan Kudarat’s Daguma mountain range was hit by a GPS-guided smart bomb dropped by a Philippine Air Force FA -50 jet.
According to Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of the Central Joint Task Force 6th Army Division, residents and local officials had informed the military of the movements of the NPA’s Far South Regional Committee in the area earlier. the 52nd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines in December. 26.
A ground assault followed the airstrike that led to the discovery of the NPA base camp at Sitio Kalumutan on the borders of Palimbang, Lebak, Kalamansig and part of Senator Ninoy Aquino’s cities.
Three unidentified bodies of murdered rebels, 100 shoulder bags, components of improvised explosive devices, a laptop, generators, destroyed firearms and documents were recovered from the scene of the explosion.
Uy said this was the first time government forces captured a Far South Regional Committee base camp after years of operations in the Daguma Range. – DVM, GMA News
