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Video of November 2009 NPA Ambush in SUDECOR

June 17, 2011

24 killed as rebels, soldiers clash in Surigao del Sur

By ELENA L. ABEN, AARON M. RECUENCO
November 13, 2009, 5:29pm

Twenty-four people were killed and 11 others were wounded in a clash from Wednesday until Thursday between government troops and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who raided a logging company in Surigao del Sur, the military said Friday.

Armed Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, Jr. said a report from the 4th Infantry Division showed 13 from the government side were killed in action (KIA): Eight Army troopers from the 58th Infantry Battalion, one from the Philippine National Police, two civilian auxiliaries (CAA), and two security personnel of the Surigao Development Corp., a logging company.

Ten more soldiers and a policeman were wounded. READ MORE HERE>>>>


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