{"id":89963,"date":"2017-02-17T01:53:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T06:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89963"},"modified":"2017-02-17T01:53:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T06:53:24","slug":"5-killed-as-philippine-troops-clash-with-communist-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/17\/5-killed-as-philippine-troops-clash-with-communist-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"5 killed as Philippine troops clash with communist rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two soldiers and three communist rebels were killed while 15 other troops were wounded in a land mine attack and clashes in the southern Philippine city of Davao, President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown, a military official said Friday. (Photo: Philippine National Front\/<\/a>Favebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014Two soldiers and three communist rebels were killed while 15 other troops were wounded in a land mine attack and clashes in the southern Philippine city of Davao, President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown, a military official said Friday.<\/p>\n

Maj. Ezra Balagtey, a military spokesman, said soldiers were pursuing the communist New People’s Army rebels who on Thursday detonated a land mine along the route of a convoy of troops searching for guerrillas who had set a pineapple farm harvester on fire.<\/p>\n

Two soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded in the blast, while two rebels died in the ensuing firefight, Balagtey said.<\/p>\n

Hours earlier, guerrillas harassed an army detachment in another district of Davao city, triggering a clash that left one rebel dead, he said.<\/p>\n

Both Duterte and the guerrillas called off earlier this month unilateral cease-fires in the 48-year insurgency, one of Asia’s longest-running Marxist rebellions.<\/p>\n

Duterte, who describes himself as the country’s first left-wing leader, said peace talks brokered by Norway will remain suspended unless there is a compelling reason to restart them that benefits the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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