NPA has no Hand in Grenade Attack against Civilians

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NPA has no Hand in Grenade Attack against Civilians

Rigoberto F. Sanchez
Spokesperson
Merardo Arce Command
Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command
New People's Army
July 04, 2008

The AFP's level of desperation has increased a notch higher. By making a baseless allegation against the New People's Army in regard to the grenade throwing incident in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley which caused the death of three civilians and wounded several others, the AFP is merely exposing its frustrations owing to its failures and defeats in the field.

The revolutionary forces condemn this criminal attack against civilians. We are verifying reports that intelligence operatives of the AFP are behind this. Reeling from the devastation suffered by the newly deployed 3rd Special Forces Battalion after the successful partisan operation in the same town days before the grenade blast, they now wish to counter by attacking innocent people and pinning the blame on the NPA. They did this many times in the past, the latest of which was the murder of Datu Dominador Diarog in Sitio Kahusayan, Brgy. Manuel Guianga in Davao City, perpetrated by the armed group of Apollo Quiboloy, the Task Force Davao and the 73rd Infantry Battalion but which they blamed on the NPA.

Another proof of the AFP's desperation is its tale about the supposed death of one NPA guerrila and retrieval of one (1) M-14 rifle in Brgy. Mayaon, Montevista, Compostela Valley. There is no tinge of truth to this. The enemy is just manufacturing stories to divert attention from the successive and successful tactical offensives by the NPA. #

(Sgd) RIGOBERTO F. SANCHEZ
Spokesperson
MERARDO ARCE COMMAND
Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command
NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY