MANILA, Philippines—A ranking New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla was killed in a clash with government soldiers in Surigao del Norte province, according to the military on Friday (Sept. 3).
Maj. Alex Mindalano, spokesperson of the military’s Eastern Mindanao Command, identified the slain communist rebel only through is alias, Asyong. Asyong was vice commander and political officer of a platoon of guerrillas of the rebels’ Guerrilla Front 16, Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee.
Asyong was killed in a firefight with soldiers from the Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion at the village of Cagdianao, Claver town, Surigao del Norte on Thursday (Sept. 2), according to Mindalano.
He said two AK-47 assault rifles and an M-14 Armalite rifle with magazines and a bandolier were found at the clash site.
Another rebel was killed. in a clash with the military last Aug. 29 in the province of Misamis Oriental, Weapons believed used by the guerrillas were also recovered in the clash site.