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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – At least one soldier was killed and 4 others were wounded in a Thursday dawn, August 8, encounter between Army troops and the Abu Sayyaf in Al-Barka, Basilan, the military said.
The encounter comes a day after a roadside bomb killed 7 Army soldiers in Maguindanao.
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Col Rodrigo Gregorio, spokesman of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said the troops were caught in a gun battle with about 50 ASG members in the remote town of Al-Barka. The casualties and the wounded have been airlifted, according to a military source.
Close to 3,000 households in 6 barangays were dislocated by the fighting which ceased at noon Thursday, according to the Mindanao Human Rights Action Center. – Rappler.com
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