One soldier wounded in clash with leftist rebels in Compostela

From the Philippine Star (Feb 5): One soldier wounded in clash with leftist rebels in Compostela

About a hundred leftist rebels attacked an isolated army outpost in the southern Philippines today, triggering a fierce clash that left one soldier wounded, officials said.
 
The fighting in Maco town, Compostela Valley province between soldiers and New People's Army rebels came almost a week after a spate of attacks by the insurgents in several army posts that resulted in the death of a soldier, according to Lieutenant Colonel Lyndon Paniza, spokesman for the 10th Infantry Division.

Paniza said at least 100 NPA guerrillas assaulted the army detachment in Tagbaros village around 6 a.m. local time but they were repulsed by militiamen and soldiers defending the camp.

Corporal Wahad Sahadjan, the camp commander, was slightly wounded in the shoulder, and authorities believed the attackers also suffered casualties due to blood traces in their route of withdrawal, Paniza said.

Tuesday's clash happened a day after soldiers killed a rebel in a brief fire fight in San Fernando town, in Bukidnon province, according to Lieutenant Colonel Eugenio Julio Osias IV, regional army spokesperson.

The 4,000-strong NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is fighting a leftist insurgency in 60 Philippine provinces since 1969.
http://www.philstar.com/breaking-news/2013/02/05/905347/one-soldier-wounded-clash-leftist-rebels-compostela