By Roy Ramos ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (AA) – Suspected communist New People’s Army torched and destroyed around PHP10 million worth of construction equipment owned by a quarrying company in southern Philippines’ Butuan City on Saturday.
However, the victim-company located at the village of Bonbon, the GMC Mountain Resource Quarry has yet to submit a report necessary for the police investigation, according to Police Chief Inspector Joannes Castro in a report by GMA News.
The communist rebels destroyed a total of six heavy equipment which include four backhoes, one dumptruck and payloader.
In an initial investigation, the caretaker revealed that a group of armed men who only identified themselves as “soldiers for the poor ” perpetrated the attack.
The attackers allegedly forced the people to leave the area and warned them of the atrocity because of the quarrying firm’s refusal to settle a revolutionary tax.
In a separate interview, the operations manager of the quarrying company denied receiving demands from the rebels.
A series of burning heavy equipment has been perpetrated by the communist rebels in several parts of the country.
Earlier this month, three heavy equipment pieces of a construction company were burned by the rebels in Northern Philippines Cagayan Province.
