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| Southeast Asia |
| 10 killed in attacks by Abu Sayyaf, NPA |
| 2006-01-07 |
| Ten people were killed in separate attacks by communist rebels and al-Qaeda-linked Moslem militants in the Philippines, officials said Friday. Eight of the victims - five policemen and three civilians - were slain in an attack by communist rebels on Friday morning in the province of Masbate, 420 kilometres southeast of Manila. Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, national police spokesman, said one civilian was also injured in the attack in the village of Poblacion, Claveria town. Bataoil said additional policemen and soldiers have been dispatched to hunt down the guerrillas. No other details about the attack were immediately available. In the southern province of Basilan, two pro-government militiamen were killed by members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf rebel group in Tuburan town on Wednesday. Brigadier General Raymundo Ferrer, an army brigade chief, said the victims were on their way to a market when they were attacked by the militants. 'The victims died on the spot from multiple gunshot wounds sustained from assault rifles fired by the terrorists,' he said in a belated report of the incident. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |