By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 01:37pm (Mla time) 01/28/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- A communist guerilla was killed following a brief encounter with Army troops in the central province of Camarines Sur on Sunday, a military spokesman said.
The 15-minute gun battle in Cawayanan village, Tinambac town, started at around 9 a.m., when troops from the 42nd Infantry Battalion chanced upon 15 New People's Army (NPA) fighters, said Major Ernesto Torres Jr., Philippine Army public affairs officer.
The rebels left behind the remains of their slain comrade as they retreated. Army troops recovered an M-16 rifle and an M-14 rifle from the scene, Torres said in a text message.
There were no casualties on the side of government forces, he said.
The military has set a 2010 deadline to defeat the 7,100-strong NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which has been waging a 37-year campaign from the countryside.
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