BACOLOD CITY: A member of the New People's Army was killed while two soldiers and a civilian were wounded in a clash between communist rebels and government troops in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday afternoon.

The encounter, which took place in Sitio Paloypoy at 4:55 p.m., displaced 65 families in Barangay Buenavista. They sought shelter in the covered court and chapel of neighboring Barangay Hilamonan in Kabankalan City.

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