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Report: NPAs attack Sorsogon mayor's house


MANILA, Philippines - Suspected communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels attacked the house of a town mayor in Sorsogon province in Bicol late Tuesday afternoon, a radio report said. Bombo Radyo reported that at least 20 suspected NPA rebels fired at the house of Bulan town mayor Helen Rose de Castro. De Castro was not at home when the incident occurred. The men also entered the house and destroyed a cabinet. Police suspect the rebels were looking for something in the house. Recovered from the scene were shells of high-powered firearms including M-16 and M-14 rifles, mortars and AK-47 firearms. The rebels reportedly arrived at the site aboard a truck. - GMANews.TV
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