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WOUNDED-PHIPPINE-SHOOTING
4 killed, including 1 soldier, 4 wounded in southern Philippine shooting
MANILA, July 4 (BSS/Xinhua) – A soldier, two militiamen and a civilian were
killed in a shooting in Basilan, an island province in the southern Philippines,
on Friday evening, a military spokesman said on Saturday.
Army Major Arvin Encinas of the military’s Western Mindanao Command said four
others were also wounded in the shooting that happened around 9:30 p.m. local
time on Friday in a remote village near Tipo-Tipo town.
Encinas said the victims, including First Class Mark Anthony Monte, were “fired
upon by an undetermined number of perpetrators.”
In a separate report, the Joint Task Force Basilan (JTFB) said the shooting
broke out some 120 meters from a military detachment. It said the attackers were
village watchmen led by a certain Karim Manisan. The suspects fled after the
incident, it added.
“Per initial investigation conducted by the troops in the area, the motive which
led to the shooting incident is a personal grudge between Monte and Manisan,” the
JTFB said.
The JTFB said two more militiamen and two civilians were wounded in the
incident.
Police and military forces are now hunting down Manisan and those involved in
the fatal shooting.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1336 hrs