Bacolod City – The ambush and killing of two Army soldiers on November 24 in Sitio Camboguiot, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, was claimed by the New People’s Army.
In a statement, rebel spokesperson Ka Andrea Guerrero disclosed that Staff Sergeant Ken Camelan and Sergeant Regie Glendro, died after being ambushed by Red fighters, while passing the area on board a motorcycle.
Two .45 caliber pistols with three magazines containing ammunition, two cellular phones and a fragmentation grenade were recovered from the two Army soldiers, who died on the spot, Guerrero added.
The two slain soldiers were also linked by Guerrero to the ambush and killing of a certain Ka Bred on March 2019 in Sitio Camp Valdez, Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. (Gilbert Bayoran via The Visayan Daily Star (TVDS), photo courtesy of TVDS)