ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels ambushed an army patrol on Saturday that resulted in the killing of a soldier and wounding two more in the town of Santa Cruz in the southern Filipino province of Davao del Sur, officials said.
Officials said the attack sparked a firefight in the village of Sinoron where troops from the 39th Infantry Battalion recovered an automatic rifle, ammunition and several improvised explosives left behind by members of the New People’s Army.
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