{"id":42592,"date":"2015-02-17T00:39:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T16:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42592"},"modified":"2015-02-17T00:39:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T16:39:23","slug":"5-rebels-killed-6-high-powered-firearms-captured-in-sarangani-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/17\/5-rebels-killed-6-high-powered-firearms-captured-in-sarangani-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"5 rebels killed, 6 high powered firearms captured in Sarangani clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alabel-sarangani.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42676\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alabel-sarangani.png\" alt=\"alabel sarangani\" width=\"525\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alabel-sarangani.png 525w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alabel-sarangani-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Government troopers killed five New People&#8217;s Army (NPA) bandits during an encounter in Sitio Tugal, Barangay Datal Anggas, Alabel town, Sarangani at 8 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>1st Lt. Vergel Lacambra, 10th Infantry Division spokesperson, said troopers from 73rd Infantry Battalion also recovered six high powered firearms at the clash site.<\/p>\n<p>These consists of two AK-47 automatic rifles, one M-653 \u201cBaby Armalite\u201d rifle and three M-16 rifles.<\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt among the government troops.<\/p>\n<p>Lacambra said that troopers from the 73rd Infantry Batallion were conducting routine security patrols when they encountered about 30 NPA bandits, led by one named only as &#8220;Lucas,&#8221; allegedly the Secretary of Front 75 of the NPA Far South Mindanao Regional Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Two MG-520 attack helicopters from the Philippine Air Force provided close air support to the engaged ground troops.<\/p>\n<p>10th Infantry Agila Division commander Major Gen. Eduardo M. A\u00f1o lauded the troops in the successful law enforcement operation that targeted lawless armed elements of the NPA.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o also reiterated the message for the NPA rebels to lay down their firearms and abandon the senseless armed struggle being waged by the rebels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regret that our fellow Filipino brothers have to die for this unworthy purpose of the NPA, the only viable option for them is to embrace a peaceful life and avail of the government\u2019s local integration program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Government troopers killed five New People&#8217;s Army (NPA) bandits during an encounter in Sitio Tugal, Barangay Datal Anggas, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":42676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}