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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Police brace for rebel attacks
By Aquiles Zonio
SECURITY in Central Mindanao has been tightened in the wake of reports that communist rebels are going to stage retaliatory attacks either against the police or military.
Chief Superintendent Danilo Mangila, Central Mindanao police director, told reporters here he had already ordered a region-wide double alert status in all police stations under his area of responsibility to avert any attack by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Mangila said he doesn't want that the Magpet NPA raid would be repeated.
The CPP-NPA raided the Magpet police station last July and seized all the firearms of the police without firing even a single shot.
All the personnel of Magpet Police command are now undergoing retraining at the police regional command.
Mangila confirmed he had received intelligence information about the plan of the NPAs to launch tactical offensives to avenge the capture of their largest camp in remote Sitio Amlok, Barangay Kinam, Malapatan town, Sarangani Province late last week.
Top officials of the CPP-NPA in the Far South Mindanao Region (FSMR) were holding a plenum when the military staged the attack.
Though there was no fierce exchange of gunfire during the attack, the communist rebels were forced to abandon their camp leaving behind two flags, Honda power generator, subversive documents and training manuals, medical paraphernalia and literature, as well as several other military items.
Mangila warned he would relieve and place under retraining all personnel of any police station under Central Mindanao Police command that may be raided by the communist rebels.
(October 17, 2005 issue)
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