LUCENA CITY — Government forces overran an alleged training camp of communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges in northern Quezon Wednesday morning, the military said. Retumban said the camp had bloodstains on the rebel’s position during the firefight and also along their withdrawal route, which indicated casualties on the escaping guerillas. The NPA training camp had 10 bunkers, which could accommodate more or less 60 rebels, according to the report. He said the encounter was the second clash between government forces and communist rebels in three days. On Monday morning, Army soldiers engaged a band of NPA rebels in an encounter in San Juan, Batangas.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 01, 2019 08:25 UTC