Gunmen attack Army outpost, kill 1 in Basilan

By Al Jacinto

Sep 01, 2021 1:28 pm

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.

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