(UPDATE) NINE members of the New People's Army (NPA) were killed in a dawn clash with government forces in Bukidnon on Christmas Day, shattering the two-day ceasefire declared by the communist rebels.

Maj. Francisco Garello, spokesman for the Army 4th Infantry Division based in Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City, said the encounter took place in the hinterlands of Malaybalay City, the provincial capital.

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