MAGPET, North Cotabato: The military here has deployed more troops and bomb sniffing dogs in remote villages here following a land mine attack by suspected New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas that left two soldiers wounded Wednesday noon.

Captain Manuel Gatus, speaking for the 57th Infantry Battalion, said the soldiers were part of an Army contingent conducting peace and development operation program (PDOP) in Magpet interior villages.

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