From the Mindanao Examiner (Dec 5): Philippine Army soldiers kill 2 commies in
Zamboanga
Government troops killed two communist rebels in a clash Wednesday in the town
of Leon Postigo in Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines,
army officials told the Mindanao Examiner. Capt. Alberto Caber, of the
1st Infantry Division, said a New People’s Army rebel and a soldier were wounded
in the hour-long fighting that broke out in the village of Tinuyop. He
said the soldiers were sent to the area following reports that rebels were
extorting money and harassing civilians.
Maj. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III,
the regional army commander, said civilians tipped off the military about the
presence of rebels in the village. “This is another success of the people - in
the spirit of Bayanihan – because we can always win in this fight against
extortion activities and harassments by the NPA,” he said. The rebels
have been fighting for decades to topple the democratic government and install a
Maoist state in the country.
http://mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20121205084614
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