ZAMBOANGA CITY: Military forces arrested a ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Western Mindanao, a bishop, and two others along a checkpoint in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental.

Officials identified the rebel leader as Rommel Salinas, wanted for a string of murder cases and other high-profile crimes in Western Mindanao. A grenade was recovered by security forces from Salinas.

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