Two killed, 15 wounded in communist rebel attack in Philippines

In this file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte looking at hundreds of guns and weapons confiscated during a pro-Islamic State group siege in Marawi, southern Philippines, at the Philippine Army Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Duterte decided to end martial law in the southern Philippines after more than two years after government forces weakened Islamic militant groups considerably with the capture and killing of their leaders, his spokesman said. - AP

MANILA: A police officer and a grandmother were killed and 15 people wounded in an attack by suspected communist rebels in the eastern Philippines, the military said on Saturday (Dec 14).

The attack occurred on Friday along a highway in Borongan City in Eastern Samar province, 582km south-east of Manila, said Captain Reynaldo Aragones, a regional army spokesman.