SULU – Abu Sayyaf gunmen fired grenades at an army base and injuring at least 4 soldiers in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, reports said Monday.
It said the soldiers were partying when militants attacked the base in the village of Taglibi in Patikul town on Christmas Eve. Most of the victims are members of the 32nd Infantry Battalion sent to Sulu to fight the Abu Sayyaf.
Soldiers also fought back, but it was unknown whether they had killed or wounded any of the attackers. One civilian was also injured in the firefight that lasted half an hour. The wounded soldiers were rushed to a military hospital in the capital town of Jolo.
The military’s Western Mindanao Command did not release any information into the Abu Sayyaf attack. The jihadist group is still holding nearly a dozen hostages it kidnapped in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)
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