Two militia detachments harassed in seperate attacks by NPAs in Capiz: military

December 18, 2018

Two Civilian Active Auxiliary detachments (CAA) were harassed in separate attacks by alleged New People's Army (NPA) fighters in Capiz Tuesday morning.

In an initial military report, at 1 am around 15 members of the Igabon Platoon  positioned themselves south of the CAA detachment at Barangay Abangay in Tapaz and initiated a firefight.

The rebels withdrew towards Sitio Tubi after 20 minutes of fighting

In a separate attack which happened at 1:46 am in Barangay Catipunan, a CAA detachment had a gunfight with an undetermined number of rebels.

The attack lasted for three minutes as the rebels withdrew towards Sitio Sambo-ong in Barangay Catipunan going to Sitio Bolod, Barangay Roosevelt in Tapaz. Cristina Eloisa Baclig/DMS