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Three NPA militants killed in Mindanao
Successive battlefield losses have put the New People's Army (NPA) on the defensive as three more communist militants were slain in Maasim, Sarangani Wednesday. The latest NPA casualties came a day after another militant was killed in Barangay Lumasal as government forces launched pursuit operations against the retreating insurgent band.Military sources said the slain rebels belonged to the same NPA unit which they encountered Tuesday. This came as police officials in Maasim identified the NPA militant slain in the Tuesday encounter in Lumasal as Freddie Ayog. Military operations are ongoing to flush out the remaining militants from Front 73 of the NPA's Far South Mindanao Regional Command. Only last month three NPA militants were also killed in Malita, Davao del Sur including Mark Bryle Garduque, said to be the platoon leader in a series of running gun battles with Philippine troops. Posted by: ryuge 2014-11-07 |
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