Filipino military wipes out 13 NPA fighters on Luzon Island
This Saturday, the Filipino military wiped out 13 fighters of the radical left New People’s Army on Luzon Island, according to the Associated Press news agency.
15 Maoists were taken prisoner in two clashes in the Quezon and Zambales Provinces, in the western part of the island.
The
Maoists’ strength has dropped from 25,000 to 4,000 since 1986. Still,
they continue to be seen as the main threat to national security.
The
government troops and Maoists have been fighting each other in the
Philippines for more than 40 years now in a war that’s claimed over
40,000 lives.
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