TWO New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a soldier were killed while another was wounded during an encounter in Hinobaan, Negros Occidental on Friday, reports said.

Members of the Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion and 3rd Infantry Division were conducting community security patrol in Sitio Bugtong Lubi, Barangay Damutan in Hinobaan, when about 12 NPA guerrillas fired at them at around 7:40 a.m.

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