ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels launched simultaneous raids in Davao City in southern Philippines and captured five policemen and two government militias and seized at least 20 assorted weapons, a rebel spokesman said.

Rigoberto Sanchez, of the New People’s Army, has declared the policemen – Chief Inspector Leonardo V. Tarungoy, PO3 Rosenie L. Cabuenas, PO3 Rudolph Y. Pacete, PO3 Abdul Azis A. Ali, and PO2 Neil C. Arellano – as prisoners of war.

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