NPA kills soldier, 6 more wounded in battle in Lanao Sur
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 10:32:57 +0000
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.
There were no immediate reports of enemy casualties in both clashes but the military said “pursuit operations” were ongoing in the provinces in an effort to flush out rebel forces.
Government troops have been battling communist rebels and pro-IS militants in the troubled Muslim region where the NPA has managed to establish strongholds in areas where Caliphate fighters were operating.
It was unclear if communist rebels, who are fighting for secession for many decades now, have forged an alliance with pro-IS militants belonging to different groups in the Southern Philippines. AL JACINTO
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