Communist Insurgency and Terrorism Report – January 2021
In January 2021, PSA Intelligence recorded 38 Communist Insurgency-related violent incidents.
Based on PSA Consultancy data, there are 38 Communist insurgency violent incidents in the month of January 2021. The figure is two incidents less than the 40 violent incidents reported in the previous month.
PSA Consultancy notes that the number of Communist violent incidents slightly decreased this month. The number of violent incidents in January 2021 was two incidents less than the 40 incidents reported in the previous month. As usual, the Communist violent attacks were not concentrated in one region alone but were scattered all throughout the country. Out of the 38 violent incidents recorded in January, 14 incidents took place in Visayas, 13 in Luzon, while 11 incidents occurred in Mindanao. Most of the NPA activities were typical in nature.
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