ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Three soldiers were injured in an ambush by gunmen in the province of Basilan, the military said Thursday.
Col. Gerry Besana, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) information officer, disclosed the incident happened around 10:15 a.m. Thursday in the boundary of Barangays Sabong and Camp Uno, Lamitan City, Basilan.
He said the troops were traveling aboard an MK-37 truck from Lamitan City to the patrol base in Barangay Macalang, Al-Barka town when waylaid by the unidentified suspects.
Besana did not release the identities of the injured soldiers except to say they belong to the Bravo Company of the Army’s 74th Infantry Battalion.
He said the suspects fled as soldiers from the detachment in Barangay Sabong quickly responded to the ambush site.
The injured soldiers were taken to the St. Peter’s Hospital in Lamitan City.
The troops, according to Besana, are now tracking down the gunmen behind the ambush. (PNA)
