The U.S. State Department says a U.S. naval officer missing in the northern Philippines after an attack by suspected communist rebels has been found and is safe. State department spokesman Richard Boucher says Lieutenant Scott Washburn, disappeared during Tuesday's attack north of Manila. He showed up unharmed Wednesday at Clark Air Base, near the town of Olongapo. The Associated Press quotes Philippine authorities as saying the U.S. officer hiked to the air base from an area near the Mount Pinatubo volcano, after becoming separated from a group of other Americans during a brief exchange of gunfire with suspected rebels.
Authorities say no one was hurt in the incident.
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