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Other Names
Description The ABB, the breakaway urban hit squad of the Communist Party of the Philippines
New People's Army, was formed in the mid-1980s.
Activities Responsible for more than 100 murders and believed to have been involved in the
murder in 1989 of US Army Col. James Rowe in the Philippines. In March 1997 the
group announced it had formed an alliance with another armed group, the
Revolutionary Proletarian Army. In March 2000, the group claimed credit for a
rifle grenade attack against the Department of Energy building in Manila and
strafed Shell Oil offices in the central Philippines to protest rising oil
prices.
Strength Approximately 500.
Location/Area of Operation Operates in Manila and central Philippines.
