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Soldiers from the Marine Battalion Landing Team 2 on board a military truck in the southern Philippines.
Suspected members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group killed a policeman and wounded three others in an attack Tuesday in Maimbung, Sulu, the military said.
Capt. Jose Ritche Pabilonia, spokesman of the Armed Forces Southern Command, said the casualties were members of the Maimbung Philippine National Police (PNP).
No details on how the suspects carried out the attack, but Pabilonia said the group of Albader Parad perpetrated an ambush at Barangay Bualo around 9:00 a.m.
"Security forces were deployed to the area to assess the situation and conduct investigation on the incident," Pabilonia said.
The attack came just two days after gunmen also killed a soldier in Jolo, a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf group, blamed for a series of bombings and kidnap-for-ransom activities in the south.
Early this month, three Army soldiers were also killed in separate attacks in Jolo. One of the soldiers was riding a motorcycle when ambushed by two gunmen in Kasalamatan village and the other two were also ambushed in the village of Anuling in Patikul.
A $5 million bounty for the capture of known key leaders of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group, including its chieftain leader Khadaffy Janjalani, has been offered by the United States. (ZS)
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