MALACAñANG on Tuesday strongly denounced the weekend attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) on a civilian aircraft in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur that killed its pilot. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the shooting of a civilian aircraft and this is the incident where the CPP-NPA apparently shot at an agricultural plane in Surigao,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque, Jr. said in a media briefing. Captain Lynbert Laguda Sr. managed to safely land his aircraft and was rushed to the hospital, but later died from gunshot wounds. The plane, a single-engine biplane Grumman G-164 Ag Cat agricultural, bore three bullet holes. “The plane was engaged in a normal, low-flying craft-dusting mission and was fired upon.

Source: Manila Times March 20, 2018 16:07 UTC