MASBATE CITY: Four New People’s Army (NPA) members and a soldier were killed in an armed encounter that occurred between the municipalities of Cawayan and Uson in Masbate on Monday.

The joint elements of Masbate Police Public Safety Company, Regional Intelligence Unit, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and soldiers from the Army’s 9th Infantry Battalion were trying to serve warrants of arrest when the rebels attacked them.

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