What casualties, military asks after communist rebels claim 14 victims

By The Manila Times

Dec 17, 2018 5:04 pm

THE Philippine Army on Monday denied a claim by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that 14 soldiers were either killed or wounded during a two-week encounter in the Northern Mindanao.

Maj. Gen. Ronald Villanueva, commander of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, told reporters that only soldier was killed in action during the encounter with the communist New People’s Army (NPA).

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