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Female NPA rebel killed in Surigao del Sur clash


ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops on Saturday killed a female member of the communist rebel group New People’s Army in a series of clashes in the southern Philippine province of Surigao del Sur, officials said Sunday. Officials said one soldier was also killed and three more wounded in the fighting that broke out in the village of Mahaba in the town of Marihatag. “The encounters resulted to the death of one female terrorist and the recovery of one M16 rifle from the terrorists while for the government side one soldier died and one wounded and two others sustained superficial wounds," said Lieutenant Colonel Triumph Bagaipo, a spokesman for the Army’s 4th Infantry Division. Quoting field reports, Bagaipo said the first fighting lasted more than 30 minutes and was followed by two more sporadic clashes later in the day. Bagaipo said the fighting erupted after patrolling troops, acting on reports of villagers about the presence of rebels, ran into a band of NPA gunmen. The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, which is fighting for decades for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country. - Al Jacinto/KBK, GMANews.TV
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