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CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela -- An Army trooper was killed and another was hurt in a running battle with communist guerrillas in the mountains of Barangay Aguid, Sagada, Mountain Province on Thursday, the military said.
The fatality, Cpl. Jordan Malnawa of Pinukpuk, Kalinga, was brought to a funeral parlor and a necrological service was being readied for him at the military headquarters here, said Army Major Noriel Tayaban, 5th Infantry Division spokesperson.
"Corporal Malnawa is a hero for risking his life for the sake of achieving peace," Tayaban told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Friday.
The wounded, whose name has not been released by the military, has yet to be extricated from the battle scene as of this writing.
The soldiers found two anti-personnel mines and assorted chemical components for improvised explosive devices in the vicinity of the clash site.
It was also believed that some members of the New People's Army (NPA) were either killed or injured in the 30-minute gunfight, as evidenced by bloodstains from their withdrawal route, said Brig. Gen. Henry Doyaoen, 503rd Infantry Brigade commander.
Doyaoen said they have been scouring the area to remove planted mines as reported by villagers, when they encountered the undetermined number of communist rebels.
The NPA, along with its political wing, the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1081623
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