2 soldiers hurt in North Cotabato roadside blast

From InterAksyon (Aug 30): 2 soldiers hurt in North Cotabato roadside blast

Two Army soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the town of Midsayap, North Cotabato Friday morning.

Captain Tony Bulao, spokesman of the 602nd Infantry Brigade said the victims, whom he identified only as Staff Sergeant Ubogan and Sergean Sapon, of the 40th Infantry Battalion’s Charlie Company were on their way to get water from a source some 200 meters from their camp when the bomb went off around 7 a.m.

The device was crafted from a 60-mm mortar round and triggered by a cellular phone.

40th IB commander Lieutenant Colonel Bon Huet said they suspect the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters was behind the attack because of his unit’s efforts to prevent the rebels, who belong to a faction that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, from infiltrating populated areas.

Earlier, BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama said they would continue attacking military outposts and facilities in their continued struggle for an independent state.
The wounded personnel were taken to the Camp Siongo Hospital where they were declared in stable condition.

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