DAVAO CITY: A New People’s Army member was killed while a soldier was wounded and scores of high-powered firearms were recovered in a series of armed encounters in Davao Occidental and Compostela Valley.

Elements of the 73rd Infantry Battalion encountered an undetermined number of NPA rebels in Sitio Malbag, Barangay Little Baguio in Malita, Davao Occidental that left one communist rebel dead on Thursday.

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