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Policemen were caught off guard when around 40 suspected members of the New Peoples Army disguised as protesters launched an attack against a police station Thursday morning in Davao Oriental province.
In a text message to , Army spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr. said the rebels attacked the Banay-banay Municipal Police Station around 8:45 a.m.
Brawner said the rebels were onboard three Elf trucks and a van and disguised themselves as protesters to get near the stations gate.
"Upon reaching the front gate, the CTs fired at the station and swiftly barged inside the police station and disarmed the policemen inside after which ransacked the armory," Brawner said in the text message.
He said one of the five policemen on duty during was wounded during the attack.
He added that seven high-powered weapons, five from the duty policemen and two from the armory, were carted away by the rebels who retreated using the same vehicles towards Mahayag in Banay-banay.
At 9 a.m. two platoons from the 67th Infantry Battalion immediately launched a pursuit operation against the rebels, Brawner said.
Meanwhile, the Army spokesman confirmed that three people were killed and 11 others have been wounded when a grenade exploded in front of a bakery in Compostela Valley province.
Brawner said the explosion happened at 12:50 a.m. at the corner of Arabejo and Fuentes stations in front of the Park and Go Bakeshop in Poblacion, Nabunturan.
Authorities have yet to establish the identities of the fatalities and the victims. The wounded were immediately brought to Tagum City for medical treatment.
International wires agency, Reuters, reported that two men and a woman on a motorcycle threw a grenade into the bakery.
The Army spokesperson said the attack was believed to have been done by the NPA due to the failure in their extortion activity.
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