MANILA, Philippines - New People’s Army (NPA) rebels snatched three villagers, including a policeman, and burned construction equipment in new attacks yesterday.
The group also condemned President Duterte as a “double-speaking thug” for terminating peace talks with the communists.
Government forces were pursuing the attackers, about 60 suspected NPA rebels who separately seized the three people and burned construction equipment in Talakag, Bukidnon, the military said.
The NPA burned a backhoe and two trucks at a construction company compound in Talakag apparently after failing to extort money from the firm, said Col. Eric Vinoya, Army brigade commander in Bukidnon.
The kidnapped police officer whose identity was not immediately made available was traveling on a motorcycle when taken at gunpoint by the rebels, he said.
The NPA also killed an Army trooper in an ambush while two trucks of a mining firm were torched in separate attacks in Cagayan and Benguet yesterday.
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