Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and two soldiers were killed after an encounter between military troops and the communist rebels in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato on Sunday afternoon.

The gunfight happened at about 1 p.m. when members of the Philippine Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion were verifying the reported sighting of armed men in Barangay Ned in Lake Sebu.

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