A New People’s Army (NPA)-Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command) unit fired the first shots against the 8th ID troopers operating in Sitio San Pedro, Barangay Poblacion 3, San Jose de Buan, Samar on the afternoon of September 27. With high alertness and guerrilla readiness, the people’s army’s attack killed one soldier and injured many others.
The NPA-Western Samar reported that at 5 p.m. that day the 8th ID deployed a helicopter to retrieve its wounded soldiers. The soldiers again squandered funds the next day by flying another helicopter.
“The Samar masses fully celebrate NPA-Western Samar’s victory. This serves justice to the people who continue to suffer from the fascist 8th ID’s terrorism in Samar,” the NPA-Western Samar declared.
The unit further explained that the people’s army’s armed action all the more disproves the Marcos regime’s claims that “no guerrilla groups remain.” According to the NPA-Western Samar, “the NPA continues to grow, expand, and deeply root itself among the peasant masses in order to continue educating, organizing, and mobilizing them for the revolution.”
It added that amid the 8th ID’s focused and sustained military operations (FSMO), the NPA skillfully adapts and maneuvers to further strengthen itself and to leave the fascist enemy striking at emptiness. “The masses and the NPA in Western Samar are determined to confront and continue to frustrate the state’s fascist terrorism and advance the people’s war,” the unit said.
Source : https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/peoples-army-hit-8th-id-troops-operating-in-samar/