LEGAZPI CITY —- Government troops on Tuesday, June 8, recovered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Masbate City, two days after an encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the city.
Colonel Joriz Cantoria, Masbate police chief, said in a report that the authorities recovered two IEDs, a steel magazine for an M16 rifle, defective parts of an M16 upper receiver, and a solar panel in Barangay Mapia at 2:50 p.m.
On June 6, the government troops had a 10-minute firefight with the NPA rebels while pursuing those who planted the land mine that killed Far Eastern University athlete Kieth Absalon and his cousin Nolven Absalon in Barangay Anas at 6:45 a.m.
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