Philippine military officials were silent on who was behind
a deadly ambush that killed an army soldier and wounded three more in Marawi City
in the southern province
of Lanao del Sur.
The Western Mindanao Command has confirmed Saturday’s attack
on a military convoy which was heading back to base when about a dozen gunmen
detonated a roadside bomb and then opened fire with automatic weapons on their
target.
The convoy belongs to the 65th Infantry Battalion and 51st
Mechanized Company under the 103rd Infantry Brigade in Marawi City
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the daring
attack, but previous assaults on the military had been largely blamed to an
extremist group headed by Abdullah Maute, although copycat attacks, mostly
launched by armed civilians opposing the presence of troops in the province,
are widespread in the region.
Lanao del Sur is one of five provinces under the Muslim
autonomous region where radical groups allied with the Islamic State are
actively operating.
http://mindanaoexaminer.com/military-mum-on-lanao-ambushers/
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