DAVAO CITY —- The military identified one of the five New People’s Army (NPA) recently slain in a pre-dawn raid in Lake Sebu town of South Cotabato as an ordnance expert, his wife, and three other comrades.
Romeo Libron (alias Melvin), the chief of the NPA’s regional ordnance for Southern Mindanao, was killed following a law enforcement operation shortly before 5 a.m. on Wednesday in the village of Ned, said Lt. Col. Randy Banaag, commander of 5th Special Forces Battalion.
Also slain in the operation was Libron’s deputy commander, Rogelio Magsaya; Libron’s wife Merly; a certain Macoy, who was a member of the rebel’s Front 56; and another guerilla identified only as Megz.
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