ZAMBOANGA CITY: One soldier was killed and another was wounded in separate clashes with communist rebels in Zamboanga del Sur, officials said on Sunday.

Officials said New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a soldier, who was a member of the 53rd Infantry Battalion, in the village of Ocapan in Zamboanga del Sur’s Guipos town.

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