A communist rebel was killed in a clash with government troops in Paranas, Samar on Monday.
The clash happened as the Armed Forces of the Philippines said it would not declare a truce with the New People's Army for the Holy Week.
Captain Gene Orense, spokesman of the Army's 8th Infantry Division, said troops from the 87th Infantry Battalion led by 1st Lieutenant John Rey Acasio, actying on complaints of rebel extortion, encountered five guerrillas in Barangay Sto. Niño at noon Monday noon.
The soldiers recovered a caliber .38 revolver and a hammock. They also found an abandoned NPA camp near the encounter site that could house 20 persons.
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