By Prensa Latina,
Manila : A contingent of Philippine rebels attacked government army troops in northern Cotabato province, killing three soldiers and wounding 13 others, military spokesmen reported.
According to the dispatch the event happened early in the morning on a road about 621 miles southeast ofáManila.
According to sources the rebels from the New People’s Army (NPA) exploded a mine while two military tracks were passing and opened fire against the soldiers.
The NPA has in between five and seven thousand soldiers and has been since 1969 against the government for better conditions in the rural areas, the poorest of the Philippines archipelago.
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