CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela — A suspected communist rebel was killed on Sunday, by soldiers in a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Kalinga.
Nardy Gunnawa, 36, died in the 2 a.m. firefight between the rebels and soldiers of the 50th Infantry Battalion in Tanudan town, said Lt. Col. Emmanuel Cruzada, 503rd Infantry Brigade commander.
The rebels fired at the soldiers who were patrolling Sitio Viga. The skirmish lasted for three minutes before the rebels withdrew.
The body of Gunnawa was brought to a funeral parlor for autopsy.
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