Landmine blast kills 2 soldiers

DAVAO CITY , Philippines   – Two soldiers were killed and five others were wounded when a landmine planted by suspected New People’s Army rebels exploded in a remote village in Paquibato district here Monday afternoon.

Maj. Gen. Reynaldo Mapagu, commander of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said the casualties were members of the 5th Scout Ranger Company who formed part of the contingent that went to Barangay Lumiad to exhume the remains of a rebel believed executed by the NPA. – Edith Regalado, Jaime Laude