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Infographics courtesy of the Army's 6th Infantry Division. CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte - A communist rebel leader linked to various crimes was killed during a militaroperation over the weekend in an upland town in South Cotabato province, military officials said Tuesday. Brigadier Gen. Pedro Balisi Jr., commander of the Army's 1st Mechanized Brigade (1MBde), identified the slain rebel leader as Martin Min Fay, also known as Diego or Kidlat, who was with his group during the clash in Barangay Laconon, T'boli town, on Saturday. Balisi said Fay, the subject of a search warrant, resisted and fired at government forces from the 1MBde and the Army's 5th Special Forces Battalion who were approaching his safehouse during the 5 a.m. operation. "There was no casualty from the government side," Balisi said in a statement. At the time of his death, Fay was the vice commanding officer of the front organizational command of the New People's Army (NPA) Guerilla F

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