TACLOBAN CITY: A soldier was killed while two armed rebels were captured in a 15-minute fire fight on the outskirts of Las Navas, Northern Samar on Tuesday.

Lt. Raphael Vincent Cubillan, a 2014 Philippine Military Academy graduate was seriously wounded during the encounter, but succumbed while being airlifted to a military hospital in Samar province.

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