Manila, April 8 -- A communist guerilla died following a 15-minute clash with government troops in the Davao de Oro town of Pantukan on Tuesday, a military official said. 2Lt. Kim Carlos, civil-military operations officer of the Army's 71st Infantry Battalion (7IB), said the clash erupted after the troops responded to civilian reports on the presence of the New People's Army (NPA) in Sitio Matinglob Barangay Tagdangwa Pantukan. "According to the citizens they [NPA] asked food in their community," Carlos told the Philippine News Agency in a phone interview on Wednesday. Carlos said the rebels attacked the military and the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel as they arrived in the area. Overpowered, the rebels left a dead comrade as th...