LUCENA CITY —- A junior officer of the Philippine Army died in a running encounter that happened Friday, Feb. 5, in Quezon province, where two other soldiers were also killed, a belated report from the military said.
The Army’s 201st Infantry Brigade reported on its Facebook page on Feb. 7 that First Lieutenant Romeo Sabio Jr. was killed in an encounter with a group of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio (sub-village) Hinapay in Barangay San Roque in Catanauan town around 6 p.m.
The report said Sabio, a member of the Army’s 85th Infantry Battalion, was leading a hot pursuit operation against the fleeing NPA guerrillas when they were fired upon by the rebels led by one “Cecili…
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