From the Philippine Star (Jul 11): 3 killed, 4 wounded in ambush
An engineer was killed while three militiamen were wounded when communist rebels attacked a convoy of construction workers in South Cotabato’s Surallah town on Thursday.
In Salibo, Maguindanao, a barangay chairman and an Army sergeant were killed in an ambush by members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters yesterday.
Police investigators identified the slain engineer as Ulysses Mero of Gemma Construction Co. , which is involved in multimillion peso infrastructure projects in Barangay Upper Sepaka, southwest of Surallah.
The assailants, who reportedly belong to Front 73 of the New People’s Army (NPA), detonated a roadside bomb to stop the vehicles transporting construction workers and militiamen before shooting at the victims.
The militiamen traded shots with the rebels until responding barangay officials and armed civilian volunteers arrived, forcing them to retreat to a nearby hinterland.
Barangay officials confirmed that two NPAs, initially identified only as Roman and Gersan, were killed in the firefight.
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2015/07/11/1475512/3-killed-4-wounded-ambush
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