BUTUAN CITY: Two days before the government’s declaration of four-day suspension on military operations against communist insurgents on Christmas and New Year takes effect, an Army battalion discovered a grave site after a gunbattle in Central Mindanao, the Armed Forces said on Sunday.

The AFP’s Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMincom), said a grave site was found after a gunbattle in Gusmulo area, Barangay Datal Blao, Columbio town, Sultan Kudarat, in Central Mindanao.