By Mike U. Crismundo and Ali G. Macabalang Butuan City – Two Army soldiers were killed in separate violent incidents in Asuncion, Davao del Norte and Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat. Both attacks occurred last Sunday. In the first incident, a trooper was slain while two others were wounded when the 46th Infantry Battalion (46th IB) engaged New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists in a gun battle at 4:30 p.m. in Asuncion, Davao del Norte. Capt. Jerry S. Lamosao, chief of the Public Affairs Office (PAO) of the 10th Infantry Division (10th ID), said the NPAs were believed to be from the Pulang Bagani Command 4, Sub Regional Command of the NPA’s Southern Mindanao Regional Committee. The identity of the slain soldier was withheld. In Sultan Kudarat, Corp. Ruel Dordas died on-the-spot, while Sgt. Julhaib Ajijul was wounded, when they were ambushed, while onboard a motorcycle, in Lambayong town, also Sunday. According to Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc, commander of the Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion (33rd IB), Dordas and Ajijul had just finished paying a visit to Barangay Tinumigues and were on their way back to their detachment when a motorcycle-riding tandem rushed from behind and fired at them. “(Dordas and Ajijul) were shot a point-blank range,” said Cabunoc. Dordas died instantly, while Ajijul sustained minor injuries and was rushed by responding soldiers to the hospital, the Army official said. “We strongly condemn this dastardly act against our troops. We will strive hard to bring the suspects to the fold of the law,” he added.