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| Three soldiers injured in suspected Abu Sayyaf ambushes |
| 2016-08-05 |
| [Inquirer] Three Philippine soldiers were injured in two separate ambush incidents in Basilan early Wednesday. Eight special forces troops were on patrol when they were ambushed in Maluso at around 3:30 a.m. Two soldiers were injured in that incident. As the wounded soldiers were transported to the medical facility at around 3:50 a.m., they were ambushed again by armed men, which left one soldier injured. Military spokesman Filemon Tan said, "The troops immediately returned fire. The firefight lasted for about two minutes." The armed men behind the ambushes were not positively identified, but Tan said they were likely members of the Abu Sayyaf. |
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