Military truck runs over landmine in North Cotabato, killing 5 soldiers, 3 militia members

From InterAksyon (Oct 21): Military truck runs over landmine in North Cotabato, killing 5 soldiers, 3 militia members

Five soldiers and three militia members were killed after the truck they were on ran over a landmine set by the communist New People's Army rebels along the boundary of sitio Mangi, Brgy. Caridad and Brgy Bituan both of Tulunan, North Cotabato on Monday morning.

The troops were on the way to deliver salaries of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) personnel in Tulunan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) Eastern Mindanao Command said in a statement.

Names of the dead have been withheld pending notification of the families and pursuit operations are now being conducted, the statement said.

For his part, Eastern Mindanao Commander Lt. Gen. Ricardo Rainier G. Cruz III expressed his sympathy to the bereaved families as he directed all military units to continue with their focus of defeating the NPA through Bayanihan operations.

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