Two soldiers were killed and five others went missing in the latest clashes between Philippine troops and communist rebels, military officials said Sunday. A New People's Army rebel sniper fatally shot one of several army soldiers guarding a government road project on Saturday in a remote village in Presentacion township in Camarines Sur province, about 155 miles (250 kilometers) southeast of Manila, army Lt. Col. Ernesto Cruz said. Twelve soldiers were deployed to pursue the attackers but were ambushed by the rebels late Saturday in another village in Presentacion. Seven soldiers, three of them wounded by grenades and rifle fire, managed to return to camp, but five went missing, regional army spokesman Maj. Harold Cabunoc was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
