CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao—At least 10 suspected communist rebels were killed when the military launched air and ground assaults in Palimbang town, Sultan Kudarat on Christmas Day in a bid to thwart the holding of rites to mark the 52nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said airstrikes and artillery offensives were first launched after about 200 New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas were confirmed to be massing in the village of Namat Masla, near Mt. Lumuton, in Palimbang in preparation for Saturday’s CPP anniversary.
At least eight rebels were killed, seven of whom were ident…
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