Philippines: bomb blasts cause heavy casualities
As many as seven
governmental soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a
roadside bomb on October 21 in the Philippines ’ northern Cotabato
province, said local police.
As many as seven
governmental soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a
roadside bomb on October 21 in the Philippines ’ northern Cotabato
province, said local police.
The bomb was believed to be planted by rebels belonging to the New People’s Army (NPA).
The
soldiers of the Army’s 38th Infantry Battalion were on the way to
deliver food supplies to the civilian armed forces units stationed in
Barangay Bituan in Tulunan town.
The same day, four
soldiers of the 57th Infantry Battalion were wounded by another roadside
bomb in Barangay Luna Sur in Makilala town.
The
Philippines authorities affirmed the attackers are members of NPA groups
operating in Sultan Kudarat, northern Cotabato and Davao del Sur
provinces.-VNA
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