The World - News from June 18, 1986
Communist guerrillas in the southern Philippines raided a town and bombed a village dance hall in separate attacks, killing 17 civilians and an army captain, military officials said. The attack on Malabog, 615 miles southeast of Manila, killed eight civilians and wounded six, they said. Hand grenades tossed into a dance hall in Alungan, 335 miles southeast of Manila, resulted in the deaths of Capt. Lope Nicart and nine civilians.
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