PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 18, 2014) – Government soldiers killed on communist rebel in a clash in the southern Philippine province of Misamis Occidental, an army spokesman said Sunday.
Capt. Jefferson Mamauag, of the 1st Infantry Division, said the fighting broke out in the village of San Lorenzo in Sinacaban town after troops tracked down a group of New People’s Army rebels.
He said no soldiers were injured or killed in the fighting and that troops recovered the body of the slain rebel and his M16 automatic rifle.
Mamauag said troops from the 55th Infantry Battalion were pursuing other rebels who escaped during the fighting.
There was no immediate statement from the NPA – which has been fighting for a separate Maoist state – about the clash. (Mindanao Examiner)
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