ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist insurgents torched a provincial bus in a daring attack on Monday in southern Philippines, officials said.

Officials said five gunmen, who were among four dozen passengers, stopped the bus in the village of Bagong Silang in North Cotabato’s Makilala town and introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and ordered everyone out of the vehicle.

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