BUTUAN CITY—A security guard was killed and another wounded in an attack by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on a construction company encampment in the town of Lanuza, Surigao del Sur province late on Thursday (June 24).
The Caraga region office of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said in a report that the attack took place 9 p.m. at the bunkhouse of a construction firm called MR1 at the village of Zone 2 in Lanuza.
Brig. Gen. Romeo M. Caramat, of the regional police, said Edlrin Daraman, a security guard, was killed while another, Melvin Buniel, was wounded.
Caramat said two backhoes were torched by the rebels who were believed to be members of the Guerrilla Front 30 o…
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