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22 Filipino troops injured by bomb near captured Abu Sayyaf camp
22 soldiers were injured, five of them in critical condition, in a landmine explosion near a fallen Abu Sayyaf camp in the hinterlands of the nearby province of Basilan. Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesman Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang said the explosion occurred around 8:40 a.m. Tuesday at Abong-Abong Peak, Sitio Pansol, Barangay Baiwas, Sumisip, Basilan. The identities of the injured soldiers were not immediately available except that they are from the 13th Scout Ranger Company of the Army's 4th Scout Ranger Battalion based in Basilan province. The explosion happened when some troops tripped on an improvised bomb fashioned out as a landmine while there were conducting combat recon patrol near a former Abu Sayyaf camp. Government troops took the Abu Sayyaf camp last month. Wesmincom chief Maj. Gen. Noel Coballes said the Abu Sayyaf Coballes said the military would continue despite the incident. He said, "Efforts to clear the area of Abu Sayyaf bandits along with their landmines and improvised bombs will continue in order to ensure that civilians who would want access to Abong-Abong Peak for farming are assured of their safety." Posted by: ryuge 2012-04-10 |
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