A soldier from the 1st Special Forces Battalion was killed while an undetermined number of New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents were wounded during a two-hour clash in Valencia City, Bukidnon Friday afternoon.
The incident took place at 2 p.m. at Sitio Kambangon, Barangay Lilingayon, said 4th Infantry Division spokesperson Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez.
Government forces were deployed in the area after several residents forwarded complaints of the ongoing NPA extortion mission in their locality.
Martinez said the rebel band immediately fired at the responding soldiers, killing one soldier. Return fire from government units wounded several of the insurgents.
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