ZAMBOANGA CITY: Security forces killed two Moro National Liberation Front rebels in a clash Thursday during a clearing operation in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said.

Officials said the two bearded stragglers were armed with an M14 rifle and a machete when they attacked a group of soldiers and policemen in the village of Santa Catalina, scene of deadly clashes between security and rebel forces led by Ustadz Khabir Malik last month.

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