Reports reaching Manila on Tuesday afternoon indicated that at least five persons were killed and high-powered firearms were recovered after a fierce encounter between government troops and suspected elements of the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Nono, Maasim, Sarangani.
"We are certain that three of those killed were rebels," Maj. Gen. Eduardo Ano, commander of the Army's 10th Infantry Division, disclosed.
Ano said authorities were not sure yet if the two other fatalities, whose remains still have to be recovered, were rebels.
The firefight started at around 2 p.m. between 20 armed rebels and a platoon of pursuing soldiers.
"The rebels were part of an estimated force of 40 NPA fighters that our soldiers were pursuing after a brief encounter earlier in the place," Anos aid.
After the firefight and the rebels left their dead, the soldiers recovered 4 M16 rifles, an M4 rifle, 3 M14 rifles, and a Baby Armalite rifle.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/98554/5-killed-as-government-troops-clash-with-npa-in-sarangani
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