Reds own up attack vs Compostela mining firm
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From: GMAnews.tv
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Philippine communist rebels on Tuesday owned up the attack on a mining firm in Compostela Valley province last week.
The New People’s Army (NPA) said the raid on Apex Mining Company was a punishment for the firm’s failure to pay so-called “revolutionary” taxes and for environment destruction.
Col. Benito Antonio de Leon, spokesman for the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said government troops were hunting down the raiders. He said that on March 6, about 50 rebels attacked the mining company near the village of Masara in Maco town. Gunmen also disarmed the firm’s security guards and torched several equipment.
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