Patikul, Sulu clash leaves four marines wounded

From the Manila Standard Today (Jul 5): Patikul, Sulu clash leaves four marines wounded

FOUR Marines were wounded on Friday—one of them critically—after heavy fighting again erupted between the soldiers and members of the Abu Sayyaf group in Patikul, Sulu, an official said.

Marine Deputy Commandant Jose Cenabre said the fighting started after the gunmen fired on the soldiers, triggering a running battle.

He said one of the wounded Marines was in critical condition and was airlifted to the Zamboanga City General Hospital. The rest were taken to the Southern Command hospital in Camp Navarro.

“I don’t have yet the details but apparently there were three to four soldiers wounded,” Cenabre said.

Military sources in Mindanao said the gunmen who ambushed the Marines belonged to Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron, the same group believed responsible for the ambush-slaying of six Army troopers in Patikul, Sulu.

“The manhunt against the rebels will continue until they are decimated,” Cenabre said.

Meanwhile, an Army soldier was killed and three soldiers were wounded in two separate clashes between government troopers and New People’s Army rebels in Misamis Oriental on Friday.

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