Soldier killed in clash in S. Philippines
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E-mail Xinhua, February 5, 2012
A government soldier was killed after government troops clashed with leftist rebels in southern Philippines early Sunday, the military said.
Elements of the government army's 26th Infantry Battalion were conducting a pursuit operation against a band of New People's Army (NPA) rebels when the clash erupted around 5:30 a.m. in Magkalape village, Sibagat town of Agusan del Sur province, said Col. Leopoldo Galon, spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command.
"We were able to recover two firearms, an M-14 and an AK-47 rifle, but unfortunately one of our soldiers was killed," Galon said.
The NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been waging a guerrilla campaign in the countryside for more than four decades. The Philippine military estimates over 4,000 NPA guerrilla fighters are scattered in more than 60 provinces throughout the country
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