Troops were deployed to pursue a group of gunmen behind the
ambush early Saturday that resulted in the death of a soldier and injured three
others in Marawi City
Maj. Filemon Tan, Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom)
spokesman, disclosed the ambush took place around 3:30 a.m. Saturday in
Barangay Buadi Sacayo, Marawi
City
Tan said the soldiers of the Bravo Company and Scout Platoon
of the Army’s 65th Infantry Battalion and 51st Mechanized Company were
traveling to the headquarters of the 103rd Infantry Brigade when ambushed by at
least 10 gunmen.
Tan said the gunmen set off an improvised bomb and open fire
while the soldiers, who were aboard a truck and armored personnel carriers,
were passing the place.
He said the troops returned fire that triggered a 20-minute
firefight after which the ambushers fled to different directions.
Tan did not release the identities of both the slain and
wounded soldiers.
He said troops were tracking down the ambushers as of press
time.
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