Sunday, April 21, 2013

2 leftist rebels killed in clash

From the Philippine Star (Apr 21): (UPDATE) 2 leftist rebels killed in clash

Two suspected rebels of the leftist New People's Army (NPA) were killed in a firefight with government troops in Camarines Sur, local military said Saturday.
 
Major Angelo Guzman, spokesman for the Philippine Army's 9th Infantry Division, said that nine soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Battalion clashed with a group of rebels at around 2:40 p.m. Friday at Antipolo, Iriga City in Camarines Sur.

He said that the government troops were on patrol when they engaged about 10 rebels in a 10-minute firefight. Two rebels died in the clash, and no one was hurt on the government troops' side, he said.

The NPA, an armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front, has been waging an insurgency for over four decades.

 http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/04/21/933253/update-2-leftist-rebels-killed-clash

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