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| Filippinos kill 2 unidentified hard boyz |
| 2005-08-25 |
| UNIDENTIFIED gunmen ambushed two pro-government militiamen on a village in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, officials said. Officials also said a home-made bomb, planted in the neighboring province of North Cotabato, was disarmed before it could explode. The militias were onboard a jeep when gunmen opened fire on them Wednesday near Nabundas village, killing both men instantly, said Army Major General Agustin Dema-ala, commander of the 6th Infantry Division based in Maguindanao province. "Troops were sent to track down the ambushers. Two of our militias were killed and we are still investigating the motive of the attack," he said. In Kabacan town, security forces disarmed the bomb, fashioned out from a mortar rocket and rigged to an electronic detonator, after civilians discovered the explosive in the busy business district and immediately informed the authorities. Officials would not say if Abu Sayyaf militants, whose group is tied to al-Qaeda terror network, were behind the ambush and failed attempt to bomb Kabacan. But authorities have previously linked the group to the series of ambuscades and bombings in the southern Philippines. Last week, Abu Sayyaf gunmen killed a soldier and wounded ten others in fierce fighting in Maguindanao's Talayan town, where security forces were pursuing militant leader Khadaffy Janjalani, chief of the Abu Sayyaf group. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |