another 10 of the bandits offed...

The Philippine army said on Thursday it had killed at least 10 communist rebels from the New People's Army (NPA) in running gun battles in mountainous villages south of the capital.

Major-General Alexander Yano said the fighting, which began on Sunday, was triggered by a rebel raid on an army detachment in a farming village in Catanauan town, on the Bondoc peninsula.

"We have recovered, so far, at least 10 bodies," Yano told reporters. "We have deployed extra troops to run after the rebels that fled to Mulanay and San Narciso towns."
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