ZAMBOANGA CITY: One soldier was killed while three others were wounded when communist rebels ambushed their convoy in Compostela Valley’s Mabini town in officials said on Saturday.

Officials said village leaders helped evacuate the wounded soldiers—Cpl. Delfin Agod, Pfc. Jimboy Apostol and Pfc Ar-jay Magallanes—after the attack staged by the New People’s Army.

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