BAGUIO CITY — Three suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed on Tuesday in a clash with government troops at the Abra town of Licuan-Baay, the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division said. The encounter, which was the fourth between government troops and suspected members of the NPA’s Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC) in this Cordillera province, took place at 11:10 a.m. in Barangay Bonglo. READ: Soldiers clash with 10 armed men in Abra The Army said composite forces from the 50th and 98th Infantry Battalions encountered about 10 armed men during pursuit operations. Troops reportedly recovered three bodies, two M16 rifles, […]...Keep on reading: 3 suspected rebels killed in Abra clash