Hanoi (VNA) - Five people were killed and 15 others wounded in a series of attacks by the New People’s Army (NPA) in southern Philippines on February 16, said the Philippine army on February 17.
Colonel Rhyan Batchar, spokesperson of the army's 10th Infantry Division, said the NPA set off an improvised explosive device targeting a military convoy in Calinan district, 15km southeast away from Davao city. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. In the following clash, 15 soldiers were wounded and two rebels died.
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