A trooper was wounded after a military convoy was ambushed
by still unidentified gunmen in the town of Tugaya
Major Filemon Tan, Western Mindanao Command spokesperson,
said the incident took place at 10:45 a.m. at Barangay Pantara-Bato.
He added that the military convoy consist of two HMMWV, one
Scorpion Five Support Vehicle and one prime-mover carrying an armored personnel
carrier and was heading towards the 103rd Infantry Brigade tactical command
post when fired upon by the suspects.
A trooper was wounded in the 45-minute gunbattle while
return fire from government forces wounded and killed an undetermined number of
the assailants.
Two MG-520 attack helicopters provided close-air support to
the ambushed units while a platoon of soldiers from the 41st Infantry Battalion
with two armored vehicles rushed to reinforce the convoy.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=860119
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