MANILA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — Philippine troops killed a suspected rebel in a clash in Batangas province, south of Manila, the military said Thursday.
The military said the 20-minute gunfight between the troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) broke out in Lobo town on Wednesday when the government soldiers were on patrol.
The rebels fled after one of their members was killed, while a soldier was injured, the