DAVAO CITY: Two security guards and a fish vendor were injured in a series of attacks launched by the New People’s Army (NPA) in three areas of Davao early on Saturday. The rebels then torched the Lapanday box and plastic plants along Tigatto road in Buhangin. At around 6 a.m., the security guard of Lorenzo Farm, Rico Truz Badil Jr., appeared before the Calinan Police Station, this city, with an injury. Badil told police that at around 3:30 a.m., an encounter occurred in Lorezo Farm, Barangay Pangyan, Calinan where he and three other security guards were attacked by the NPA rebels. Maj. Ezra Balagtey, spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command, said the attack was part of the NPA’s extortion activities.

Source: Manila Times April 29, 2017 07:01 UTC