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| | NPA REBS KILL 4, HOLD 22 HOSTAGE IN AGUSAN RAID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-13) |
 | | As of yesterday, eight hostages remained at large while the rest were released in batches as the rebels fled pursuing government troops, said Cpl. Max Caro, commander of the Army’s 36th Infantry Battalion. |
 | | Caro said the heavily armed rebels, numbering at least 50, torched houses, killed a former guerrilla-turned-government militiaman and three of his relatives, and wounded four other members of the Banwaon tribe in the mountainous village of Binicalan in San Luis, Agusan del Sur. |
 | | In San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, meanwhile, suspected NPA hit men fatally ambushed a local police officer, PO3 Benhur Pontillas, and wounded his 12-year-old son. |
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