ZAMBOANGA CITY: At least 7 government soldiers were reported wounded in a clash on Friday with communist rebels in southern Philippines.

The soldiers were providing security to a police team serving an arrest warrant in the village of Balit in San Luis town when New People’s Army rebels ambushed them. The attack triggered a running gun battle in the village until rebel forces fled deeper into the hinterlands.

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