NPA ambush leaves 4 casualties in Bukidnon

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Communist insurgents ambushed a police convoy on Wednesday leaving four casualties in the southern Philippine province of Bukidnon, officials said.

Officials said the attack in Talakag town killed Corporal Roel Sumaylo. Three other policemen were wounded in the New People's Army ambush. 

Insurgents opened fire on the convoy carrying Brigadier General Joselito Salido, the deputy chief of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations in eastern Mindanao. It was not immediately known if Salido was hurt in the ambush in the village of Dominorog.

The names of the wounded were not released by the police. They were taken to hospital in Cagayan de Oro City.

The attack occurred just as President Rodrigo Duterte is convincing the insurgents to resume peace talks with the government. Communist leaders were demanding the release of all jailed insurgents across the country before it could reopen peace negotiations with Duterte's government.

There was no immediate statement from the NPA, but security forces were dispatched to hunt down the ambushers. (Rhoderick Beñez)

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