五名涉嫌新人民军的叛乱分子在与菲律宾士兵发生冲突时在西内格罗斯被杀。
Five suspected NPA rebels killed in a clash with Philippine soldiers in Negros Occidental.
据军事发言人Erwin Rommel Lamzon上校说,4月27日,5名涉嫌新人民军(新人民军)叛乱分子在菲律宾中部西北部省与士兵发生冲突时被打死。
Five suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with soldiers in Negros Occidental province, central Philippines, on April 27, according to military spokesperson Army Colonel Erwin Rommel Lamzon.
新人民军自1969年以来一直与政府作战,其军衔从1980年代的约25 000人左右下降。
The NPA, which has been fighting the government since 1969, has seen its ranks drop from around 25,000 in the 1980s.
尽管这一下降,该团体仍继续发动小规模袭击。
Despite this decline, the group continues to launch small-scale attacks.