ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected communist rebels are believed to be holding two policemen whom they had seized in southern Philippines, according to the police.

They said armed members of the New People’s Army (NPA) arrived in two vans and abducted Police Officer 2 John Paul Doberte and his partner PO2 Alfredo Degamon Jr. while guarding their post in Placer town in Surigao del Norte province in Mindanao on Monday afternoon.

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