DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Aug. 24, 2013) – Three people were killed in a clash between communist rebels and government forces in Kiblawan town in the southern Philippine province of Sarangani, officials said Saturday.
Officials said New People’s Army rebels attacked a military detachment that killed a pro-government militia Romeo Marila.
Pursuing troops clashed with rebels and killed two gunmen who were only identified as Anting Peayay and Victor. Soldiers also recovered two weapons from the slain gunmen.
“The pursuit operation was our measure to protect our own forces from further attacks. That detachment has been subject for harassment since early this year,” Colonel Marcos Norman Flores, commander of the 1002nd Infantry Brigade, in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.
“We always abide in any undertakings in the communities in pursuit of peace and we will ensure that those who creates chaos will face the full force of the law,” he said.
The NPA has been fighting for decades now for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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