A government soldier was wounded in an encounter with communist fighters in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, on Friday morning, May 10, a military official said.
Lt. Joe Patrick Martinez, chief of the 42nd civil military operations company, said elements of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion were on a security patrol just two kilometers away from a polling precinct in Barangay San Isidro at around 8:45 a.m. when they encountered at least 20 members of the New People’s Army.