| A soldier and three civilians were shot dead and 21 others wounded in violence in the southern Philippines on Sunday. Unknown gunmen raided the village of Upper Tominobo near Iligan city before dawn and raked the houses with automatic gunfire, killing three civilians and wounding 10 others, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Lucero said. Separately, Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas killed a soldier and wounded 11 others in a firefight near Patikul town on Jolo island, Lucero told reporters. The soldiers were escorting local students on an educational tour in the village of Pansul. None of the students were hurt in the ambush. |