MARAWI CITY - The military has recovered ammunition, explosives, and subversive documents after an encounter with armed men in the forested area of Maguing town in Lanao del Sur. Brig. Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo, Army's 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, said in an interview Monday that troopers engaged an estimated 20 armed men in a 40-minute firefight before the recovery of the group war materiel. The recovery of the explosives and ammunition took place on Sunday, he said. There were no casualties on the government side while the Army is still determining if there were any from the armed group. The clash also resulted in the recovery of two magazines for an AK-47 with 61 rounds of ammunition, a magazine for an M16 rifle with 24 rounds of ammunition, and several rounds of ammunition for an M60 machinegun. Also retrieved were several fuses for improvised explosive devices, C4 explosives, detonating cord, flags of the New People's Army (NPA), medical kits, three rifle grenades, radio
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