LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines\u2014 An Army officer was killed and another soldier was wounded in an ambush staged by suspected communist rebels while the soldiers were on a medical mission in the hinterlands of Daraga, Albay, Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Col. Arthur Ang, commanding officer of the Army\u2019s 903 Infantry Brigade based in Daraga, identified the slain officer as 2nd Lt. George Tiago, 27, a native of Davao, and the wounded serviceman as Pfc Genesis Broso, both of the 2nd Infantry Battalion based in Barangay Tula-tula, Ligao City, Albay.<\/p>\n
Ang said relatives of the slain soldier in Davao province have been informed.<\/p>\n
Ang said Tiago was on\u00a0 an Army truck with a group of soldiers and a doctor carrying medical supplies for their medical mission in Barangay Nabasan, a remote village in Daraga, when they were waylaid by about 15 New People\u2019s Army rebels at about 9:20 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
Tiago and Broso were among a 10-man group of soldiers led by Maj. Narzan Obuyes who, together with a civilian doctor, had scheduled the medical mission at the request of villagers in Nabasan, Ang said.<\/p>\n
The soldiers were able to jump out of the\u00a0 truck and engaged the rebels in a 15-minute firefight that resulted in the the death of Tiago and the wounding of Broso,\u00a0 Ang said.<\/p>\n
The rebels fled immediately, he added.<\/p>\n
Broso was rushed to the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital\u00a0 for treatment and was now in stable condition, Ang said.<\/p>\n
Ang said Army troopers were scouring nearby villages while additional soldiers were dispatched to pursue the rebels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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