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Marine killed, 8 others hurt in Sultan Kudarat NPA ambush
![A Marine trooper was killed while eight of his companions were wounded when elements of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-2 (MBLT-2) were ambushed by New People's Army (NPA) insurgents in Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat Monday morning. (Photo by Eugene Alvin Villar (seav) (English Wikipedia) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)])](https://canadianinquirer.net/v1/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ph_locator_map_sultan_kudarat.png)
A Marine trooper was killed while eight of his companions were wounded when elements of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-2 (MBLT-2) were ambushed by New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents in Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat Monday morning. (Photo by Eugene Alvin Villar (seav) (English Wikipedia) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)])
Capt. Arvin Encinas, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency, said the 20-minute ambush took place in Sitio Pinagdaanan, Barangay Hinalaan, of the said locality at 10:40a.m.
He added that a platoon from the MBLT-2 were conducting security patrols in the area in the wake of NPA recruiting reports, when ambushed by an estimated 10 rebels, triggering a 20-minute firefight.
The NPAs quickly retreated after sustaining an undetermined number of casualties. Pursuit operations are still ongoing.
