From GMA News (Aug 8): Four soldiers, 1 militia man wounded in Agusan Sur blast — army official
Four soldiers and one militia man were wounded in an explosion that rocked a barangay in Agusan del Sur at about 6 a.m. Thursday, an army official said.
Army Maj. Nilo Canesero told GMA News Online suspected New People's Army guerrillas planted an improvised explosive device (IED) along the soldiers' path.
Canesero said soldiers belonging to the 26th Infantry Battalion were passing by an area just 70 meters away from an elementary school in Barangay Kauswagan in Loreto town when the IED went off, wounding four soldiers and a militia man.
He said wounded soldiers were to be airlifted to Cagayan de Oro City for treatment.
On Wednesday, an explosion also occurred in Midsayap in Cotabato province, although no casualties were reported. Hours later, seven soldiers were wounded after an improvised bomb exploded along the road they were traveling in Maguindanao province.
The incident was the fourth explosion in Mindanao since the deadly Cagayan de Oro blast on July 26 which claimed eight lives. Just last Monday, eight people also died from a powerful explosion in Cotabato City.
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Four soldiers and one militia man were wounded in an explosion that rocked a barangay in Agusan del Sur at about 6 a.m. Thursday, an army official said.
Army Maj. Nilo Canesero told GMA News Online suspected New People's Army guerrillas planted an improvised explosive device (IED) along the soldiers' path.
Canesero said soldiers belonging to the 26th Infantry Battalion were passing by an area just 70 meters away from an elementary school in Barangay Kauswagan in Loreto town when the IED went off, wounding four soldiers and a militia man.
He said wounded soldiers were to be airlifted to Cagayan de Oro City for treatment.
On Wednesday, an explosion also occurred in Midsayap in Cotabato province, although no casualties were reported. Hours later, seven soldiers were wounded after an improvised bomb exploded along the road they were traveling in Maguindanao province.
The incident was the fourth explosion in Mindanao since the deadly Cagayan de Oro blast on July 26 which claimed eight lives. Just last Monday, eight people also died from a powerful explosion in Cotabato City.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/321139/news/regions/four-soldiers-1-militia-man-wounded-in-agusan-sur-blast-army-official