A total of six Soldiers from the
Philippine army died when the firefight broke between the members of the ASG
(Abu Sayyaf Group) and the Philippine Army ignites in Basilan early Sunday morning
of November 2.
According to Colonel Bautista, commander
of 104th Army Brigade, said that as members of 64th Infantry Battalion doing patrol
operations at Barangay Libug in Sitio Mompol when the 20 members of the said
rebel group attacked.
After the 45—minute firefight
between the two groups, six soldiers from the Philippine Military were immediately
found dead, including the “young second lieutenant.” And also another
soldier reportedly injured.
Bautista said that AFP received
information of the group of Radzmi Jannatul that attacked the soldiers. And also
Bautista said that reinforcement has been deployed already in area to run after
Jannatul’s group as the official assured that justice will be served for the
death of his men.
The Philippine military troops were
in the said area in order to secure the said construction of the 64—kilometer
circumferential government road project.
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