Clash claims 3 rebels

2008-6-8 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

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REBELS attacked a government militia outpost yesterday in the northern Philippines, provoking a clash in which three guerrillas were killed, police said. The rebels stormed the encampment outside the mountain township of Sallapadan, said Abra provincial police chief Alexander Pumecha.

About 20 government militiamen resisted the assault, but abandoned the outpost hours later when a larger group of about 100 New People's Army guerrillas arrived.