VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon -- Police arrested two alleged members of the communist New People's Army (NPA) for engaging in extortion, after a gunfight on Thursday.
Police identified the two as Frederick Tagurda and Pedeng Matikinon, said to be part of a four-man NPA team reported by residents for extortion in Barangay Tongan-Tongan here.
The other two managed to escape after a brief exchange of gunfire with police and military personnel, said Lt. Col. Surki Sereñas, city chief of police.
Sereñas said Matikinon and Tagurda were wounded in the shootout and were cornered inside a rice mill.
He said the two and their colleagues who escaped are believed to be members of the NPA's Special Partisan Unit (Sparu).
Matikinon and Tagurda were brought to the hospital for treatment but were later advised to go home by the attending physician because they only sustained minor wounds, police said.
They yielded various firearms and ammunition, and were detained. Charges of extortion will be filed against them, police added. (PNA)
2 ‘Reds’ nabbed for extortion in Bukidnon
By Nef Luczon
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