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Cop dead, 9 others wounded during ops vs former Sulu town vice mayor

A police officer wounded in the shootout between former Maimbung, Sulu Vice Mayor Pando Mudjasan and security forces died from his injuries, Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Andres Centino said Sunday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected Islamists attacked an army ranger post in the town of Ungkaya Pukan in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines sparking a gun battle that forced at least 300 people fleeing their homes to safety, police said.

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected Islamists attacked an army ranger post in the town of Ungkaya Pukan in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines sparking a gun battle that forced at least 300 people fleeing their homes to safety, police said. Police said the fighting in Materling village began 1 p.m. on Friday, June 16, and lasted over an hour and wounded a civilian, Aragon Sajid Abon, 38. Civilians from Materling as well as those from...

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military is holding a young Egyptian jihadist whose mother blew herself up in an attack on an Army checkpoint in 2019 in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Friday.