Philippine communists say rebel leaders killed by army

A PHILIPPINE couple who led one of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgencies was killed several months ago, communist rebels and security officials said today.

Communist rebel leaders Benito Tiamzon and his wife Wilma Tiamzon had been on the run since 2017, a year after they were freed on bail to help talks in Norway to end a conflict that has killed tens of thousands.