ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected Islamists attacked an army ranger post in the town of Ungkaya Pukan in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines sparking a gun battle that forced at least 300 people fleeing their homes to safety, police said.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected Islamists attacked an army ranger post in the town of Ungkaya Pukan in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines sparking a gun battle that forced at least 300 people fleeing their homes to safety, police said. Police said the fighting in Materling village began 1 p.m. on Friday, June 16, and lasted over an hour and wounded a civilian, Aragon Sajid Abon, 38. Civilians from Materling as well as those from.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Government troops recovered a roadside bomb in North Cotabato s Pikit town in southern Philippines although the improvised explosive lacked a mechanism that would have set it off, a security spokesman said.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military is holding a young Egyptian jihadist whose mother blew herself up in an attack on an army checkpoint in 2019 in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Friday.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military is holding a young Egyptian jihadist whose mother blew herself up in an attack on an Army checkpoint in 2019 in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Friday.