PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 16, 2013) – A government soldier was shot and wounded in an attack in the town of Guipos in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, police said Wednesday.
Police said Pfc. Botz Malalis, a member of the 53rd Infantry Battalion, was shot in the village of Bag-Ong and the attackers escaped after the shooting. Malalis was rushed to hospital after the shooting.
The motive of the attack is still unknown or whether the gunmen are members of the communist rebel group New People’s Army.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the shooting, but police said there is an ongoing investigation into the attack. There was no statement from the army about the failed assassination of the soldier. (Mindanao Examiner)
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