From Malaya (Dec 4): Trooper killed in Basilan
A SOLDIER was killed Monday in an explosion caused by a cellphone-triggered bomb in Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan, the military said yesterday. The bomb was detonated as troops from the 3rd Scout Ranger Company were conducting foot patrol in Cabangalan village around 7:50 a.m., said Capt Alberto Caber, spokesman of the Army’s 1st infantry Division. Caber said authorities were still ascertaining the identities of the perpetrators. He said the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is a suspect but nothing is definite yet. Sulu is a known bailiwick of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. Caber named the fatality as Cpl. Mark Dandin Gomez. Another soldier, Pfc. John Garde, was injured in the blast and was airlifted by an Air Force helicopter to a hospital in Camp Navarro, home of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, in Zamboanga City.
http://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news/nation/19240-trooper-killed-in-basilan
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