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Child, Soldier, Paramilitary Killed In Suspected Militant Ambush

August 13 2019

Philippines

A child and two security personnel have been killed in a militant ambush in the southern Philippines, reports Minda News (Philippines). 

On Monday, gunmen opened fire on a soldier and a paramilitary riding on a motorbike near Talipao, Sulu province, said the Western Mindanao Command. 

Both of the security personnel were killed. 

Two sisters on the side of the road were hit by stray bullets, one of whom later died in the hospital. The other child remained in critical condition in the...

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