Philippines Communist Insurgency Report – November 2017


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Highlights

  • One hundred and eighty (180) communist insurgency incidents in November
  • Forty-four (44) encounters with government forces
  • Thirty (30) NPA sightings, 16 camp discoveries, four (4) weapons recoveries and two (2) corpse recoveries
  • Twenty-seven (27) surrenders and five (5) arrests
  • Eighteen (18) incidences of harassment and seven (7) ambushes against security forces
  • Six (6) incidences of extortion and five (5) arson attacks
  • Sixteen (16) other attacks, including:
    • Ten (10) assassinations
    • Three (3) bombings
    • Three (3) kidnappings