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2 Soldiers Die In Clash With NPA In Samar Province

August 23 2019

Philippines

Two Philippine soldiers have been killed and one wounded in clashes with communist rebels in the central Philippines, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Early Friday, soldiers from the 43rd Infantry Battalion fought militants from the New People's Army in a village near Calbayog City, Samar province. 

The militants were believed to have suffered casualties, but no bodies were found. The rebels often carry off the bodies of their fallen comrades to frustrate attempts to...

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