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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''Cops foil police station assault in Sorsogon'''
'''NPAs attack Sorsogon cop station'''
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=730510
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=67&articleid=730546
*September 24, 2011 11:10 AM  
*September 25, 2011 12:00 AM
:by PhilStar.com
:by Celso Amo, Michelle Zoleta, Mike Frialde






LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines  – Two policemen were wounded when New People’s Army (NPA) rebels raided the police station of Barcelona town in Sorsogon Friday evening.


Cops foil police station assault in Sorsogon
PO3 Joel Encinares and PO1 Jessie Doloiras were wounded when about 30 heavily armed NPA guerillas attacked the police station around 11:15 p.m., triggering a one-hour gunfight.
Home Updated September 24, 2011 11:10 AM 2 comments to this post
MANILA, Philippines – Two policemen were hurt as they defend a police station in Sorsogon province from New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, yesterday night.


Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr., Philippine National Police spokesperson, said around 30 rebels assaulted the Barcelona police station in the province at around 11;15 p.m.
Superintendent Wilson Azutea, spokeperson for the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bicol, said Inspector Edgar Azotea led the duty personnel who repelled the attack by NPA rebels.


On duty personnel defended the police station from the rebels, resulting in a one-hour firefight.
He said scene of the crime investigators recovered a live ammunition for an M-203 grenade launcher after the rebels escaped.


The policemen were able to hold off the assault until reinforcement came, forcing the rebels to withdraw.
PNP chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome meanwhile, lauded the policemen for their action.


Two policemen were hurt while the casualties on the rebels’ side was unknown.
“I urge you to keep up the good work and perform with the same zeal and dedication in all your future undertakings,” Bartolome said in a statement.


The NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been waging a guerrilla campaign in the countryside for four decades. Military estimates the NPA strength at more than 4,000 men scattered in more than 60 guerrilla fronts throughout the country.
Last Thursday, an Army soldier was killed, while six others were wounded when members of the 93rd Division Reconnaissance Company under Lt. Clint Antipala clashed with some 20 NPA rebels during a 20-minute firefight in Barangay Bacalon in Magallanes town also in Sorsogon.


The administration of President Benigno Aquino III is attempting to convince again the rebels to return to the peace negotiating table to end the decades-old insurgency.
The firefight came after the visit of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Oban in his hometown in Barangay Pandan in Castilla, Sorsogon Tuesday to inaugurate a two-room school building.
 
Maj. Angelo Guzman, spokesperson for the 9th Infantry Division said members of the 903rd Infantry Brigade under Col. Felix Castro are conducting hot pursuit operations against the rebels.
 
Guzman said all troops in Bicol are also on high alert, while coordination and intelligence sharing with the PNP is being enhanced to avoid similar incidents.


==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
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