A PHILIPPINE Army soldier was killed while another was wounded after New People’s Army (NPA) rebels fired upon troops doing repair works at a public school in Quirino, Ilocos Sur.

2Lt. Rey Gaezell Anfone, spokesman of the Army’s 81st Infantry Battalion (81IB), said two NPA rebels from the Kilusang Larangang Gerilya Montes shot at the soldiers conducting bayanihan activities with the civilians in Patiacan Elementary School at about 2:45 p.m. on Sunday.

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