Soldiers killed in Mindanao NPA attacks

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Fighting erupted between military forces and communist rebels in Compostela Valley, leaving about a dozen casualties.

Rigoberto Sanchez, spokesman of the New People’s Army (NPA), said eight government soldiers were killed and three were wounded in separate clashes in Monkayo town in Compostela Valley province. He said rebel forces also seized at least six automatic weapons from the slain soldiers, who were members of the 25th Infantry Battalion.