3 P"pine soldiers killed in Abu Sayyaf and mine attack

MANILA

Islamic extremists in the southern
Philippines ambushed a military convoy
by planting a landmine that killed
three solders ,the latest outbreak of
violence as the government cracks
down on the miitants

The military convoy of three vehicles
was travelling on the southern island
of Jolo to secure a road project when
a truck hit the landmine,Fighters from
the AlQaeda linked Abu Sayyaf group
then ambushed the surviving solders,
according to military spokesman Con
onel Restituto Padilla,

Three  soldiers were killed  while six
others were wounded he said,
He  said the attacked was in retaliation
for a military offensive launched against
the group in their job strongholds last
week which killed 24 militants-

AFP