DAVAO CITY – New People’s Army rebels have seized a jail warden in the southern Philippines where security forces are battling the communist group for many decades now, police said on Wednesday.
Police said the Jose Coquilla was heading to church with his wife on a private vehicle when rebels intercepted them late Tuesday in the village of Santo Niño in Panabo City in Davao del Norte province.
Coquilla’s wife Beth was freed by rebels, but the motive of the abduction is still unclear and there was no immediate statement from the separatist rebels.
The abduction of Coquilla came a day after rebels clashed with troops in Agusan del Sur’s Buenavista town. The rebels were planting a homemade bomb on the village of Rizal when patrolling soldiers spotted them and a firefight ensued.
Another NPA bomb was also recovered by troops in the village called Don Panaca in North Cotabato’s Magpet town.
The rebels have been waging a separatist war in the country for many decades now in an effort to put up a communist state. (Mindanao Examiner)
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