Fire continue to rage about an hour after suspected communist rebels torched the two heavy equipment, a backhoe and a dump truck, used for quarrying in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental Thursday afternoon (8 October 2020). Photo courtesy of JUN FERMO
Police Lieutenant Theofratus Pia, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police Misamis Oriental, said the rebels burned the backhoe and dump truck owned by Basoy Group of Companies in Purok 5, Barangay Napaliran, Balingasag town around 3:15 p.m.
Pia said the unarmed company security men did not resist the suspects who poured gasoline on the heavy equipment.
He said village residents were able to alert the police in Balingasag who immediately responded to the incident.
Responding firemen from the Bureau of Fire Protection extinguish the fire on two heavy equipment burned by suspected communist rebels in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental Thursday afternoon (8 October 2020). Photo courtesy of JUN FERMO
He said a patrol from the 58th Infantry Battalion also responded resulting in a firefight that continued until Thursday night.
He added the attack might be a diversionary tactic to ease pressure by Army troops pursuing another band of rebels who burned several heavy equipment owned by a contractor of Del Monte Philippines in Claveria town, Misamis Oriental last Tuesday.||| |||buy cenforce online with |||
Suspected communist rebels burned three dump trucks and a bus for workers in Sitio Talambao, Barangay Bulahan, Claveria.
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