An elite light reaction company, together with six battalions, will form part of the joint task force that steps up joint military and police operations.
MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines is sending an elite unit of 50 soldiers to augment forces deployed in Negros island following the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo.
The 50 additional troops formed part of a light reaction company, a unit of soldiers with special training in counterterrorism operations. Together with two brigades already based in the area, the groups will be part of a joint task force formed to step up joint military and police operations, Centino said.
“So kailangan natin talaga na ma-cordon ‘yung areas ng buong Negros island so they cannot escape from the island,”Centino added that the joint task force would also initiate the movement of forces and, if needed, aid in establishing checkpoints. Degamo was earlier killed by heavily armed men – among them former soldiers dishonorably discharged from the Philippine Army – who barged into an aid distribution activity outside his residential compound in Pamplona town, Negros Oriental.
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