GOVERNMENT security forces and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Thursday engaged in a running gun battle in a hinterland village in Negros Oriental that left two rebels dead and scores of others injured.

Capt. Cresencio Gargar, spokesperson of the 302nd Infantry Brigade, Third Infantry Division (ID), said the 20-minute encounter that took place at Sitio Makasakasa, Barangay Balayong in Pamplona town.

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