At least 609 members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) have been “neutralized” by government forces in the countryside with more than 30 firearms recovered for this year, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Sunday.

As of October 19 this year, 609 NPA members have been recorded as “neutralized” and of the number, 121 were killed in operations, 71 were arrested and 417 surrendered to authorities.

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