ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 Feb) – At least 13 government soldiers were wounded and six gunmen killed in fierce clashes Sunday in the southern Filipino island of Jolo, where security forces were battling Moro National Liberation Front rebels.
A regional Army spokesman, Major Eugene Batarra, said the soldiers clashed with unidentified gunmen in Indanan town and killed six of them in the fighting.
“At least 13 soldiers are wounded and six were killed on the enemy side,” Batarra told the Mindanao Examiner in Zamboanga City.
But the MNLF said it forces were fighting government soldiers and had killed at least 6 members of the Philippine Army’s Scout Ranger in the town.
Philippine Marine commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Dolorfino earlier said troops clashed with MNLF rebels in Indanan.
He said the soldiers were pursuing Abu Sayyaf militants near an MNLF stronghold when they encountered the rebel forces.The MNLF rebels, he said, were also helping the government track down the militants. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Hope to see MNLF team up with soldiers for the sake of peace. So, we can go on with out lives.
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