Guerrilla fighters of the New People’s Army set up an ambush in which a corporal from the Calatrava police station was killed and two other policemen, a captain and a corporal, were wounded. The ambush, triggered by an IED explosion as a vehicle carrying ten police officers passed, was set up on August 9 in Barangay Minapasok, Negros Occidental.
The guerrillas recovered four assault rifles, a.45-caliber pistol before stopping. The guerrillas also shot dead two police informers. They had served as guides in combat operations and ensured the reconnaissance of suspected NPA encampments, as well as the monitoring of civilians arbitrarily accused of being members or sympathizers of the guerrilla insurgency.
Source: Secours Rouge