ZAMBOANGA CITY – Communist rebels took responsibility for attacking government troops in the southern Philippine provinces of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato that killed at least eight soldiers.

Isabel Fermiza, a spokesperson for the New People’s Army (NPA), said the rebel offensive was launched by the Guerrilla Front 51 Operations Command under the Mount Apo Sub-regional Command, in Digos and Makilala towns, where the 39th Infantry Battalion of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division is based.

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