Troops die in ambush
NZPA-Reuter Manila* Three Government troops* were killed and four others! were injured in a suspected Communist guerrilla am-1. bush in south-eastern Phil-]' ippines on Friday, military!, sources have said in Manila. I They say the troops fired;! back and killed one of the;; attackers and wounded at! least three others. The troops were ambushed; in a village in the province,’ of Davao del Norte when*’ they went to check a report. , that armed men were pre-’ venting people from voting.' in the national elections. *
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Press, 10 April 1978, Page 8
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