ATTACK ON ARMY OUTPOST IN BASILAN Photos released by the Western Mindanao Command show the Army outpost attacked by three gunmen in Lamitan City on Aug. 30, 2021. The assault left two casualties. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three gunmen exploded an improvised bomb and shot two soldiers manning an army outpost, killing one of them in a daring broad daylight attack in Lamitan City in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials announced Wednesday.
The assault also wounded the other soldier and was airlifted to a hospital in Zamboanga City, according to Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, chief of the Western Mindanao Command.