MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – As the
latest update regarding Philippine Military and NPA encounter, one of the
military officials said in a report that two alleged insurgents were killed in
a clash against pursuing government troops in the southern Philippine before
today.
Maj. Gen. Ricardo Visaya, commander of the
Philippine Army's 4th Infantry Division, said
that the latest encounter took this morning where 20 members of NPA rebels were caught by security
forces of the Philippines in Binicalan village, San Luis
town in Agusan del Sur province at around 11 a.m. today.
At the end of gun battle, the Philippine
military has recovered the bodies of the suspected leftist rebels and their
firearms such as eight high-powered firearms-four AK47 rifles, two M16 rifles,
an M203 grenade launcher and an AR15 rifle. Meanwhile, no one was reportedly
wounded or killed on the government troops.
Visaya
said government troops have been chasing the rebels in Binicalan village since
two days ago. He said soldiers were sent to the village after residents
reported about the rebels’ extortion activities in the area.
