ZAMBOANGA CITY – Communist insurgents killed an Army soldier and wounded six more in ferocious clashes in Lanao del Sur, one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region in the Southern Philippines, the military said on Tuesday.
It said soldiers from the 15th Division Reconnaissance Company clashed with about 50 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the village called Malna in Kapai town. The Monday fighting erupted following a previous clash in Kalilangan village in Iligan City in the neighboring province of Lanao del Sur.
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