The soldiers were then resting and cooking rice at around 10 a.m. when they were fired upon by the NPA. Many of them were wounded, but officers of the 31st IB denied before the media that a gunbattle had occurred in the area.
Marami ang nasugatan sa kanila ngunit pinalitaw sa midya ng mga upisyal ng 31st IB na walang nangyaring labanan sa lugar na iyon.