ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three people were injured in a grenade explosion during a firefight between security forces and Abu Sayyaf rebels in the southern Filipino town of Patikul, reports said.
It said the civilians were caught in the crossfire when the two groups clashed on Friday afternoon in Taglibi where Abu Sayyaf rebels attacked an army detachment.
There were no reports of casualties from either the military or the Abu Sayyaf group, but troops continued its hunt for rebels blamed for the recent killing of Rodolfo Boligao, a village chieftain they kidnapped in Aliguay Island off Dapitan City early this year.
Boligao was beheaded and his body dumped on a highway near the town of Maimbung.
It was unknown who fired the grenade, but a police report said it was a 40mm and fired from a rifle and that both the military and the Abu Sayyaf have this kind of weapon.
The Abu Sayyaf is still holding several Filipino and foreign hostages kidnapped in different areas in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)
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