Child dies in Maguindanao rebel attack

From the Manila Times (Jul 23): Child dies in Maguindanao rebel attack

A CHILD was killed while a farmer was wounded when renegade Moro rebels attacked an Army base in Maguindanao province at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday, reports from Maguindanao police said on Tuesday.

Col. Dickson Hermoso, speaking for the Army’s Sixth Infantry “Kampilan” Division, said members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters opened fire at a roadside detachment of Army’s Second Mechanized Battalion in Barangay Elian in Datu Saudi before fleeing.

A child and a farmer were seriously wounded in the incident. The child later expired at the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center while the farmer remained in critical condition.

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