3 rebels killed in clash with PH Army

By Francisco Tuyay

Feb 23, 2024 12:12 am

THREE terrorists were killed and three soldiers were wounded in a renewed series of fighting in the hinterlands of Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, February 21.

Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, Public Affairs Office chief of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), said troops of the 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB) were on combat operations and responding to the reported presence of terrorists of the Northern Negros Front when the first clash ensued.

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