Guard foils NPA attack on Masbate cell site
05/29/2009 | 05:05 PM
MANILA, Philippines — Suspected communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels attacked a Globe cell site in Masbate province in Bicol Thursday night but the lone security guard managed to fight them off, a radio report said Friday.
Bombo Radyo cited initial reports from the Masbate provincial police that 20 NPAs approached the cell site at 10:20 p.m. in Poblacion village in Pio V. Corpus town.
However, lone security guard Jerry Besabella traded shots with the gunmen, prompting them to retreat without damaging the facility.
Police have started hot pursuit operations for the rebels, who the military claimed are targeting Globe sites due to the owners' refusal to pay revolutionary taxes. - GMANews.TV
Bombo Radyo cited initial reports from the Masbate provincial police that 20 NPAs approached the cell site at 10:20 p.m. in Poblacion village in Pio V. Corpus town.
However, lone security guard Jerry Besabella traded shots with the gunmen, prompting them to retreat without damaging the facility.
Police have started hot pursuit operations for the rebels, who the military claimed are targeting Globe sites due to the owners' refusal to pay revolutionary taxes. - GMANews.TV
