From the Philippine News Agency (May 2): Trooper killed, 6 wounded in NPA ambush in Ilocos Sur
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A soldier was killed while six of his companions were wounded after 10 New People's Army (NPA) fighters ambushed them in Barangay Malideg, Quirino town, Ilocos Sur on Friday morning.
Major Emmanuel Garcia, 1st Civil Relations Group commander, said that the soldiers were aboard a KM-450 military vehicle heading towards Sitio Cayus, Barangay Remedios, Cervantes town to help in the construction of the one-kilometer road which will connect Sitio Tubtuba to Sitio Panananuman in Tuba, Abra when attacked by NPA fighters around 4:00 a.m.
In the exchange of gunfire, one soldier was killed and six others were wounded while the NPAs are believed to have also sustained an undetermined number of casualties/injuries.
He added that the troops are also helping in the rehabilitation of the Tubtuba Elementary School
Pursuit operations are ongoing.
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