WORLD BRIEFING / THE PHILIPPINES
Times Wire Reports
Communist rebels threw two grenades at army troops who were helping treat villagers in the central Philippines, killing two soldiers and a civilian who covered a child with his body, the military said.
The child survived with minor wounds, regional military spokesman Maj. Armand Rico said. The attack Saturday by New People’s Army guerrillas in remote Polangi village in Northern Samar province targeted soldiers on a humanitarian mission, he said.
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