Soldier killed

From Tempo (Mar 4): Soldier killed

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – An Army man was killed in a late afternoon encounter with insurgents during an outreach mission in a remote barangay in Guinobatan town, Albay.

While the Army’s Bayanihan Team was conducting a meeting with local residents at around 5 p.m. last Saturday, Private First Class Fidel Fontanilla Magat, Jr., a member of the Philippine Army’s 901st Infantry Brigade, was shot dead by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Purok 2, Barangay Mapaco.

According to residents, an unspecified number of armed men indiscriminately fired at the group, killing Magat instantly.

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