By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Communist rebels ambushed an army unit and triggered a land mine blast that killed six soldiers and wounded two others in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said Saturday.
Maj. Randolph Cabangbang said at least 30 New People's Army guerrillas fired on the soldiers who were on their way to a remote, rebel-influenced village in Compostela Valley province.
The rebels' gunfire triggered ignition of the anti-personnel mine, he said.
It was one of the highest military casualties in a single encounter with communist rebels in recent months.
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