A JUNIOR officer of the Philippine Army and two soldiers were killed while three others were wounded in a series of encounters with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley on Wednesday, reports reaching Camp Aguinaldo said on Thursday.

The fatalities were 1st Lt. Ralph Pantonial, Pfc. Eulezys Bantolo and Pfc. William Moreno, as identified by Capt. Rhyan Batchar, chief of the public affairs office of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division.

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