Seven members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in the morning of November 21 by government forces in Barangay Gatuslao, Candoni, Negros Occidental. They were soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division who ambushed and machine–gunned a group of about a dozen Maoists. The ongoing anti–guerrilla operation targeted members of the NPA Southwest Front, Komiteng Rehiyon–Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor. The military recovered five M16s, two AK-47s and one M653 (pictured).