FRESH encounter has erupted between government troops and members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the rebel-infested province of Surigao del Sur that resulted in the death of two soldiers.

Maj. Leo Bongosia, spokesman, Fourth Infantry Division, on Tuesday said the encounter took place at Sitio Tibog, Barangay San Isidro in Lianga town at around 2 p.m. and lasted for five minutes.

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