Reds raid Negros Oriental AFP detachment; soldier slain
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — An Army soldier was killed when suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a military detachment in Sitio Casingan, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental on Sunday.
Cpl. Rex Derramas died at the scene.
The communist guerrillas also took the gun, wallet and cellular phone of Derramas before they escaped, according to Superintendent Mario Baquiran, Guihulngan police chief.
Ten bullet shells for a caliber .45 pistol were recovered at the scene.
The NPA’s Leonardo Panaligan Command had earlier claimed responsibility for the raids on police detachments in Barangays Hinakpan and Balogo on Oct. 30 that left a police officer wounded and the murders of retired soldier Celso Pedochino in Barangay Masulog, Canlaon on Oct. 13 and militiaman Lando Soreno in Trinidad, Guihulngan on Oct. 5.
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