A Police Captain and 22 of his men defended gallantry their Station in Binuangan Municipal Police Station in Misamis Oriental early Sunday Dawn. There are 200 New People's Army rebels who tried to burn and lay siege the Police Station and tried to steal the armory.
Chief Superintendent Timoteo Pacleb, director of the Northern Mindanao Regional Office, said the communist rebels are combined forces of NPA units operating in the eastern part of Mindanao, particularly Manuelito Satur, alias "Ka Musong" Oscar Romania, alias “Amboy;” and alias “Makong Mansigyaw.”
“The firefight lasted about three hours wherein PNP personnel fought hard and defended their police station despite the NPA strength,” said Pacleb.
“They failed on their attack on the police station and failed to get the firearms and retreated in the hinterlands,” he added.
"The attack was carried out at 3 a.m. yesterday by more than 200 communist rebels", said Insp. Corinne Mae Estigoy, spokesperson of the Misamis Oriental Police Provincial Office (PPO).
“They established three blocking forces in three areas near the police station,” said Estigoy.
The Firefight lasted for three hours which believed they targeted the guns and other equipment of the Municipal Police Station. And they plan to burn down the MPS as the investigators found barrels of gasoline in the area.
“We also found several containers of gasoline in the area. So there was a plan to set the police station on fire, but they were not able to do that because our police forces stood their ground,” said Estigoy.
The failed attack of the Binuangan was the first major offensive assault by the NPA since President Duterte terminated peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF last month.
The NPA terrorists put up a road block on the national highway that resulted in traffic mess and kept stuck government and private vehicles going to Butuan City and Cagayan de Oro City. They use trucks in arriving and fleeing the police station. No reported civilian hurt during the foiled attack.
“The leadership will be giving commendation to our personnel in the area. But it has to be studied yet as to what type of awards would be given to them,” said Estigoy.
Senior Supt. Rolando E. Destura, Misamis Oriental Police Provincial Office (PPO) director, is currently leading his field troops to verify whether or not there were NPA casualties.At the same time Destura extended a congratulatory message to the members of Binuangan MPS for “gallantly” in defending their station.
Captain Joe Patrick Martinez, the chief of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office and concurrent spokesman, said the foiled attack is a big slap in the face of the CPP-NPA-NDF leadership.
“More than the resiliency of the PNP (Philippine National Police) who stood their ground during the attack are the timely report and outpouring support from the civilians about the NPA’s plan,” Martinez said.
“However, we condemn the terrorists courses of action when they used the civilian properties such as vehicles along the highway and the nearby houses as their shield. This is a clear and undeniable proof that they really do not care about the safety of the masses. All they wanted to do is to sow fear to advance their terroristic activities that are aimed to make people suffer,” he added.
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