8k8 3 soldiers killed in ambush in Basilan
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — Three members of the Intelligence Service Unit of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) were killed in an ambush at Barangay Baimbing, Lamitan City in Basilan province on Monday evening. shortly after 6 o clock in the evening, December 23.
oppa slotPolice Corporal Halima Ilul, an intelligence operative of the Lamitan City police office, reported through a phone call that the incident happened at past 6 p.m.
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Article continues after this advertisementThe report stated that a gray van with three persons on board was riddled with bullets by an undetermined number of armed men while passing through the highway of Barangay Baimbing.
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