BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Two soldiers, a militiaman and a civilian were wounded in a brief encounter between government troops and suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, on Saturday night, Oct. 17. Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of the Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade, said troops from the 94th Infantry Battalion were patrolling Sitio (sub-village) Bulod in Barangay Carabalan following residents’ reports about the presence of armed rebels. The soldiers encountered about five suspected NPA members near a roadside, triggering a five-minute firefight. READ: NPA ‘totally defeated’ in Negros – NTF-Elcac exec Dumosmog said all […]...

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