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Philippine rebels kill 6 policemen, wound 8 others in attack | Philippine rebels kill 6 policemen, wound 8 others in attack |
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MANILA, Philippines — Suspected communist guerrillas killed six policemen and wounded eight others in an ambush in the northern Philippines on Tuesday in the latest flare-up of the decades-old Marxist insurgency, the military said. | |
Army Maj. Gen. Lysander Suerte said about 40 New People’s Army rebels detonated a bomb then opened fire on a truckload of policemen in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province Tuesday, sparking an hourlong gunbattle. | |
Two assault helicopters were deployed and soldiers and policemen were pursuing the attackers, who burned construction equipment in a nearby farm irrigation project late Monday, Suerte said. | |
The Marxist insurgency has flared on and off for more than four decades and is one of the longest-running rebellions in Asia. The military says the insurgency has been considerably weakened in many regions. | |
Peace negotiations brokered by Norway between the rebels and the government have stalled under President Benigno Aquino III, whose six-year term ends in June. | |
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