MANILA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Philippine troops have killed an alleged rebel leader in a clash in Eastern Samar province in the central Philippines that also injured a soldier, a military spokesperson said on Sunday.
Jefferson Mariano, public affairs chief of the Army’s 8th Infantry Division said the encounter between the troops and around 15 New People’s Army (NPA) militants broke out around 11:30 a.m. local time