Communist rebels seized the firearms of a former village leader and a civilian in Zamboanga del Sur’s Lapuyan town, police said Sunday.

Authorities reported that about a dozen gunmen wearing military uniforms entered the village of Mandeg and introduced themselves as New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.

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