1 NPA rebel killed, firearms seized in Northern Samar

TACLOBAN CITY — A suspected member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while five high-powered firearms were seized following an encounter between government troops and communist rebels in Barangay Nipa, Palapag, Northern Samar, on Saturday, November 29, the Philippine Army reported. The firefight erupted early in the morning when soldiers of the Army’s 8th Infantry Division conducting security operations clashed with members of the Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) Arctic of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC), the report said. The rebels were reportedly positioned in a hideout rigged with anti-personnel mines, which are banned under international humanitarian law. […]...

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