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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''NPAs attack Sorsogon cop station'''
'''Patrol car saves police post from NPA attack in Sorsogon'''
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=67&articleid=730546
*Source: http://sorsogoncity.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/patrol-car-saves-police-post-from-npa-attack-in-sorsogon/
*September 25, 2011 12:00 AM
*September 26, 2011
:by Celso Amo, Michelle Zoleta, Mike Frialde
:by Aaron Recuenco






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.
Sorsogon, Philippines – A police patrol car saved an undermanned town police station in Sorsogon from being overrun by communist rebels who have been intensifying the attacks in province in the past few days.


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.
Supt. Wilson Asueta, spokesman of the Bicol regional police, said the attack resulted in the wounding of two policemen of the Barcelona Police Station but said the wounds were just minor, as a result of the maneuvering against the attacking 30 rebels.


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.
“It was actually that patrol car which protected the personnel, the rebels also found it difficult to enter the police station because of that patrol car since it was parked near the main gate,” said Asueta in a phone interview.


He said scene of the crime investigators recovered a live ammunition for an M-203 grenade launcher after the rebels escaped.
Asueta said the rebels immediately launched a volley of gunfire as soon as they arrived near the main gate of the police station at 11:15 p.m.


PNP chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome meanwhile, lauded the policemen for their action.
Although outnumbered, Asueta said the local police immediately scampered to defend the police station, with the direction of the town police chief.


“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 policemen on duty that night was supposed to be 15 but there were only eight inside when the attack occurred, that includes the chief of police,” said Asueta.


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 gun battle lasted for almost one hour, afterwhich, the rebels finally gave up and fled.
 
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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