ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in fierce clashes in D avao Occidental, officials said on Wednesday.

Capt. Alberto Caber, a spokesman for the Eastern Mindanao Command, said two more insurgents were captured by soldiers in the village of Kinganan in Malita town where Tuesday’s fighting erupted. The clashes lasted for 45 minutes.

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