Two policemen were killed in a series of clashes with the New People's Army in Occidental Mindoro province on Saturday, authorities said.
Combined forces of the police and military encountered around 10 NPA rebels in San Jose town's Barangay Mapaya at 6 a.m., according to a press release from the 2nd Infantry Division.
No one from the government side was hurt while the military noted an undetermined number of rebel casualties during the 15-minute firefight.
Nearly four hours later, two policemen were killed in a five-minute gunfight that erupted when troops encountered fleeing rebels in Barangay Mapaya of the same town.
A third firefight broke out before noon as troops in the first encounter again clashed with communist rebels. Fighting was still ongoing as of Saturday afternoon.
The military said government forces encountered the same group of NPA fighters in Mansalay town last Thursday and killed two of them.
"These are the tired remnants seeking refuge from the community they are extorting. Nasusundan namin sila and we are hitting them not only in today's series of armed engagements, but also in the series of surrender of their members," said Major General Rhoderick Parayno, 2nd Infantry Division Commander.
The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines which has been waging a five-decade insurgency, the longest-running in Asia.
http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2019/02/23/2-policemen-killed-fighting-NPA-in-Occidental-Mindoro.html
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