Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Two soldiers killed, 1 wounded in landmine explosion in Basilan

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 23): Two soldiers killed, 1 wounded in landmine explosion in Basilan

An improvised bomb explosion rocked Sumisip, Basilan Tuesday morning killing two soldiers and injuring another.

The military believed the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was behind the bomb explosion at Sitio Bohe Manicaan, Sumisip town at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Ensign Chester Ian Ramos, Joint Task Force Zambasulta information officer, said government troops were conducting security patrol when they accidentally tripped on a detonating cord of an improvised bomb fashioned out as landmine that triggered the explosion.

Ramos withheld the identities of the casualties except in saying they belong to the Army’s 64th Infantry Battalion based in the municipality of Sumisip.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=775419

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