From the Philippine Star (Apr 21): 2 rebels killed
in Bicol encounter
Two suspected communist rebels were killed in an encounter with government
security forces in Iriga City Friday afternoon.
Maj. Angelo Guzman, spokesman of the 9th Infantry Division, said Army troops
retrieved the bodies of the two slain insurgents at the encounter site in
Barangay Catalotoan following a 10-minute fighting that broke out at 2:40
p.m.
The troops, Guzman added, also recovered an M16 and M3653 assault rifles from
the slain rebels believed to be part of a 10-man NPA advance team dispatched in
the area to conduct extortion activities.
Authorities have yet to identify the two fatalities.
The encounter was a result of an intensified Army patrols in the so-called
red areas in response to increased rebel pre-election activities over the past
several weeks not only in Bicol, but also in other areas of the country.
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/04/21/933024/2-rebels-killed-bicol-encounter
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