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 ==[[Sorsogon News]]==
-'''Rebels torch passenger bus in Legaspi'''
+'''NPA Rebels torch down passenger bus in Albay - Vox Bikol'''
-*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=771791
+*Source: http://cebusandman.typepad.com/philippines_travel_news/2012/01/npa-rebels-torch-down-passenger-bus-in-albay-vox-bikol.html
-*January 27, 2012 10:00 AM
+*January 28, 2012 at 4:45 AM
-:by  Bicol Media Solutions
+:by  cebusandman.typepad.com
-MANILA, Philippines – Suspected members of the New People's Army torched a Manila-bound passenger bus in Legaspi City late Thursday.
+FORT BONIFACIO, Taguig City (Jan 27, 2012) – A Silver Star bus which originated from Bulan town Sorsogon and heading towards Manila was torched down by suspected NPA rebels In Barangay Cagbacong, Legaspi City last night (January 26) at around 07:30 pm.
+Eyewitnesses claimed that the suspects posing as passengers, boarded the bus at a stopover terminal in Sorsogon City.
-This after the company allegedly failed to pay revolutionary taxes to the rebels.
+Upon reaching the area between Cumadcad and Sogoy villages in Castilla town, the armed men drew their pistols and introduced themselves as NPA rebels.
+At the junction in Barangay Sogoy, Castilla town they commandeered the bus towards Barangay Cagbacong, an interior barangay of Legaspi City where three more rebels with long firearms were waiting.
-A Silver Star bus was on its way to Manila when four armed men boarded at the pick-up station in Sorsogon City.
+The passengers were forcibly herded out of the bus before the rebels poured gasoline on the bus and razed it to the ground.
+The passengers fled the scene towards the national hi-way and reported the incident to the police in Barangay Cumadcad.
-Upon reaching Cumadcad section of the national highway in Castilla town in Legaspi City, the group announced that they were NPA rebels.
+“Extortion is the primary motive in this burning incident. The people have denounced this atrocity wherein the NPA rebels have terrorized not just the business owners but also the innocent passengers,” said Col Felix Castro Jr., 903rd Brigade Commander based in Sorsogon.
+Castro added that coordination has been made with the PNP to track the rebels.
-They commandeered the vehicle to the interior village of Cagbacong, where three other armed men were waiting, before torching the bus around 7:30 p.m.
-The passengers were forced to walk the rough road back to the national highway.
-None among the dozens of passengers were hurt as the rebels reiterated that their sole intention was for the bus company to comply with their revolutionary tax requirements.
-In a statement, Castilla town police chief Fred Nierva said all the passengers were safe, and their baggage were all intact.
-For his part, Col. Felix Castro, commander of the 903rd Brigade Commander in Sorsogon, said: "Extortion is the primary motive."
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