TALAKAG, Bukidnon, Philippines — Two communist rebels and a soldier of the Army’s elite Special Forces Battalion were killed after a four-hour clash inside a military reservation in Barangay San Rafael, Talakag town, Bukidnon last Saturday, March 20.
Another Army soldier was wounded and brought to the Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City, according to Lt. Judy Magsayo, civil-military operations officer of the 1st Special Forces Battalion.
Magsayo said the soldier died upon arrival at a hospital in Cagayan de Oro City, some 59 kilometers from the encounter site.
She did not provide the identities of the fatalities pending the notification of their kin.
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