NPA rebel killed in Zamboanga Sur clash

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/01/21/npa-rebel-killed-zamboanga-sur-clash-452963
• Friday, January 22, 2016

By Bong Garcia

A MEMBER of the New People's Army (NPA) was killed while two others were wounded in a clash with government troops in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, a military official announced Thursday.

Lieutenant Colonel Alvin Luzon, Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion commander, said the clash broke out around 7 a.m. Wednesday in Purok 2 in the village of Tiguha in Lapuyan town.

The firefight, which lasted for about an hour, ensued after government troopers spotted 20 NPA rebels in Barangay Tiguha.

Luzon said that one rebel died and two others were wounded.

The NPA rebels belong to the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon of Natarang Guerilla Kara operating in the province.

The troops recovered from the clash site an M16 Armalite rifle, improvised bomb, assorted ammunition, and subversive documents, among others.