Four members of breakaway Reds killed in Zambales
By Gina Peralta-Elorde 03/04/2011Four persons — three of them said to be members of a breakaway communist group and a policemen — were killed when the two groups had an encounter in Zambales province on Wednesday afternoon, the police report disclosed.
Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., disclosed that the clash took place in Sitio San Isidro, Barangay Uacon, Candelaria town, Zambales province at around 5:30 p.m.
Cruz said operatives of the 23rd Company of the PNP-Special Action Force (SAF) were conducting security operations when they chanced upon undetermined members of the Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB), a breakaway group of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in Barangay Baloganon.
The RHB is the armed wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines (MLPP) and was formed in 1998 and operating mainly in Central Luzon..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110304nat7.html
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