Three suspected members of the New People's Army were killed, while two government troops were wounded following a clash in Davao del Norte over the weekend, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said.
In a news release on Monday, the AFP's Eastern Mindanao Command said around 5:45 p.m. Sunday, troops from the Army's 10th Infantry Division's 72nd Infantry Battalion engaged an undetermined number of communist rebels at Sitio Poiton in Barangay Gupitan in Kapalong town.
The operating troops recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, an M16 rifle, an improvised explosive device as well as a hand grenade from the rebels.
Meanwhile, the two wounded members of the CAFGU were taken to the nearest hospital for treatment, the AFP said.
According to Col. Harold Cabreros, who heads the 1003rd Infantry Brigade, they will coordinate with the local government in Kapalong "for the proper disposition of the three NPA cadavers."
Cabreros said he instructed the soldiers to maintain security particularly in Kapalong, where residents including the indigenous people "Lumad" were "abused and deceived" by the CPP-NPA, the news release said.
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