Two coppers were killed and four others maimed after members of the leftist New People's Army (NPA) attacked coppers on traffic duty in the southern Philippines on Thursday morning (August 30th), local media reported.Town police Chief Joyce Birrey said members of the HPG were conducting traffic inspections when the suspects, who were clad in army uniforms, arrived in a stolen truck and opened fire.
The dead were Highway Patrol Group (HPG) officers. Another policeman was injured, along with three civilians.