[Rappler] Seven policemen were killed and 6 were injured in what was called a "misencounter" with the Philippine military in Villareal, Samar, on Monday morning. Provincial police, however, said that what happened in Barangay Santa Rosa was an “ambush,” perpetrated by members of the Army’s 87th Infantry Battalion. The police said they were conducting “minor combat operations” in the area.
Meanwhile, military sources said the army had a “big operation,” and the police team went into the area without coordination. The team was composed of elements of the Eastern Visayas police deployed to augment the Samar Provincial Police Office.
This is a developing story.