Army soldier wounded in second Masbate clash with suspected NPA rebels

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — A government soldier was wounded in a second encounter between government troops and suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Masbate on Wednesday, hours after two alleged communist rebels were killed in an earlier clash in the province.

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Angelo Lutera, commander of the Army’s 903rd Infantry Brigade, ...