ZAMBOANGA CITY (Zamboanga Journal / 23 May) Four government soldiers were killed in separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, the military said.
The military said a soldier was gunned down by a sniper while he was jogging near the Jolo airport and another soldier shot dead in downtown area in attacks at the weekend.
Two more were killed separately Monday on the island, about 950 km south of Manila, according to military reports from Jolo.
Southern Command officials did not release any statement about the killings which coincided in the arrival in Jolo of representatives from the Organization of Islamic Conference investigating the implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between Manila and the Moro National Liberation Front.
Local security officials in the past hid news of killings of soldiers in the troubled southern region, where Abu Sayyaf militants tied to al-Qaeda terror network and communist insurgents are operating.
The Abu Sayyaf is on a US list of terrorist organizations and Washington has offered as much as $10 million bounty for the capture of the group's chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and other known leaders.
The military said a soldier was gunned down by a sniper while he was jogging near the Jolo airport and another soldier shot dead in downtown area in attacks at the weekend.
Two more were killed separately Monday on the island, about 950 km south of Manila, according to military reports from Jolo.
Southern Command officials did not release any statement about the killings which coincided in the arrival in Jolo of representatives from the Organization of Islamic Conference investigating the implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between Manila and the Moro National Liberation Front.
Local security officials in the past hid news of killings of soldiers in the troubled southern region, where Abu Sayyaf militants tied to al-Qaeda terror network and communist insurgents are operating.
The Abu Sayyaf is on a US list of terrorist organizations and Washington has offered as much as $10 million bounty for the capture of the group's chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and other known leaders.
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