Event
A team of Philippine Constabulary elements discovers MV Karagatan
5 Jul 1972 · 16.92° N, 122.46° E
What the records say
- When
- 5 Jul 1972
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 16.92° N, 122.46° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, MV Karagatan incident.
Summary
A team of Philippine Constabulary elements discovers MV Karagatan, a freighter has been grounded in the shoreline of Digoyo Point in Palanan, Isabela, which is providing supplies to the New People's Army. The outnumbered team is later involved in a three-day gunfight with the NPA in the mountains, with two Constabulary men injured and preventing the NPA from taking the ship. The operation captures several firearms and ammunition. The incident is one of the reasons of the imposition of Martial Law.
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