ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels on Thursday detonated an improvised explosive devise during a clash with government troops that wounded three persons in Bukidnon, officials said.

Army Captain Lorenzo Siobal, a spokesman for the 403rd Infantry Brigade, said two soldiers and a village official were wounded when insurgents detonated the explosives while escaping from pursuing military forces in Brgy. White Kulaman in Kitaotao town.