Suspected NPA leader slain in Surigao del Sur clash

TANDAG CITY – Government troops killed a suspected high-ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader and captured another member in an encounter in Marihatag, Surigao del Sur on Monday. Army Maj. Reymar Inotao, Civil-Military Operations officer of the 401st Infantry Brigade, said troops from the 75th Infantry Battalion and the 3rd Special Forces Battalion engaged NPA