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| Communists kill 4 policemen |
| 2010-04-21 |
| [Straits Times] COMMUNIST insurgents killed four policemen and wounded seven other people when they ambushed a police vehicle just outside the Philippine capital on Tuesday, authorities said. New People's Army guerrillas set off a landmine and threw grenades at the vehicle, which was carrying nine police commandos and two civilians, as it passed along an isolated road at dawn, local police chief Jonathan Miano said. 'The vehicle was completely razed by fire,' said Mr Miano in a dispatch from the area just east of the capital. Mr Miano said four of the policemen were killed immediately and the others in the vehicle were taken to hospital with unspecified injuries. Local military commander Colonel Aurelio Baladad said the ambush may be related to the May 10 national elections. 'They (the communists) want to show that they are a force to be reckoned with during the elections,' he said. The NPA have been extorting money from candidates in the May elections, charging them for 'permits' that let them campaign in rebel-infested areas without being attacked. The NPA is the armed wing of the underground Communist Party of the Philippines, which has been waging a Maoist rebellion since 1969. The military recently said it had brought down the NPA's manpower, from a peak of more than 26,000 in early 1987 to below 5,000. The communist insurgency has claimed more than 3,000 lives over the past eight years, according to the military. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Another group of Gloria's 'friends'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-04-21 00:14 |