ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist insurgents stormed a mining firm and torched several equipment in Compostela Valley, the military said on Friday.

Troops were dispatched to hunt down the raiders—the New People’s Army (NPA)—which have been fighting for a separate state in the predominantly Catholic country.

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