ABOUT 50 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels ambushed Philippine Army troops delivering food relief to families affected by tropical storm Urduja in Catubig town of Northern Samar on Saturday, wounding two soldiers, a civil-military operations officer said.

The troops under the Army’s 20th Infantry Battalion (20IB) clashed with the communist rebels at about 3:20 p.m. in a fight that lasted for one hour and 25 minutes along Barangay Hinagonoyan.

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