Soldiers from the 62nd Infantry Battalion seized an NPA hideout in the hinterlands of Sitio Dawhan, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on New Year’s Day.
The hideout which was hurriedly left by the fleeing NPA terrorists can accommodate 20 of their members. It is near a cliff, has good water source, with a makeshift kitchen and formation area with a guard post, a press statement from the 303rd Infantry Brigade of the Army based at Camp Gerona in Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental revealed.