(UPDATED) The explosion happens on the first day of the assumption of the new chief of the Western Mindanao Command
(UPDATED) – At least 3 soldiers and 2 civilians were killed while 9 others were wounded in an attack in Indanan town in Sulu on Friday, June 28.
The attack happened on the same day Major General Cirilito Sobejana assumed as chief of the Western Mindanao Command. He vowed to go after the Abu Sayyaf.
Army spokesman Colonel Ramon Zagala said an explosion was reported in Indanan town targeting the 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), a new “super brigade” that arrived in the troubled province only a few weeks earlier.
Zagala said the perpetrators, who have yet to be identified, were “clearly threatened” by the arrival of the BCT.
The BCT is a new concept that is different from the regular infantry brigades. It carries a lot of firepower – combining two infantry battalions, one mechanized company, field artillery, and special operations forces. A regular brigade has 3 infantry battalions, one company of artillery, and one signal company.
Police reports showed that Army soldiers from the BCT were manning a checkpoint when they stopped a vehicle carrying armed men, who subsequently threw grenade at the troops.
Up to 3 BCTs are expected to arrive in Sulu as the military goes after the Abu Sayyaf Group.
“We will not be deterred by them,” said Zagala of the group behind the attack.
https://www.rappler.com/nation/234140-bombing-western-mindanao-command-indanan-sulu-june-28-2019
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