A suspected member of the New People’s Army was killed in an encounter with state troopers at So. Bulasot, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, August 10.
The troops of 94th Infantry (Mandirigma) Battalion were conducting combat operations in the area when they received a report that the rebels were conducting extortion activities in the adjacent barangay.
When the government forces responded, they encountered members of the NPA that resulted in a firefight.
The encounter reportedly claimed the life of a rebel, whose name was not yet released by the Army.
The troops also recovered one M-16 rifle at the site.*