BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Troops of the 75th Infantry Battalion (IB) recovered on Saturday afternoon, August 19, a cadaver of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the hinterland Barangay Laperian, Prosperidad town in Agusan del Sur.
The recovery took place a day after the 75th IB engaged around 30 NPA insurgents in a 15-minute encounter.
Government troops are now working to identify the recovered cadaver so they can turn it over to the family. Troopers recovered one M16 Bushmaster rifle, one grenade, one rifle grenade, four 40mm high explosive live ammunition, one set of anti-personnel mine, 15 meters of detonating cord, 22 long and one short 5.56mm magazines, 58 caliber .30 ammunition, 200 5.56 ammunition, three bandoliers, eight backpacks, three analog cellular phones, one USB , various medical and dental paraphernalia, and subversive documents with high intelligence value.