Communist rebels on Sunday killed two farmers in central Philippines despite peace overtures from incoming President Rodrigo Duterte, the military said.

About 20 guerrillas of the New People’s Army raided a bunkhouse used by farmers in the central island of Negros and killed two of them before fleeing, said military spokeswoman Second Lieutenant Revekka Roperos.

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