Manila, April 8 -- The Philippine Army has recovered four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) belonging to the New People's Army in a remote village in Calbiga town, Samar province, stalling attempts of the communist terrorist group to attack government troops.
Maj. Gen. Pio Dinoso III, commander of the Army's 8th Infantry Division, said soldiers of the 46th Infantry Battalion seized the IEDs in Hubasan village in Calbiga on Monday after they were tipped off by villagers.
Dinoso said troops went to the area acting on reports from concerned civilians that rebels plotted to ambush soldiers using IEDs that were placed along the only trail linking Hubasan to Binanggaran village, also in Calbiga.
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