6 soldiers hurt in N. Cotabato roadside bombing
Local News • 01:07 AM Fri Jun 22, 2018
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Edwin O. Fernandez/Rod Benez
The victims were on board in this KM 35 military truck. The same vehicle brought the victims to a Kidaapwan hospital. (dxnd)
KIDAPAWAN CITY
- Six personnel of 19th Infantry Battalion, including an Army lieutenant were
injured today in a roadside bomb in Magpet, North Cotabato.
The North
Cotabato police reported that the victims were returning to the provincial
capitol at past 1 p.m. when suspected communist rebels set off a roadside bomb, believed to be a landmine, in a dirt road in Barangay Binay, Magpet.
Lt. Colonel
Randy Llunar, 19th IB commander, said the soldiers had just participated in the
provincial government medical dental outreach program and were heading to
provincial capitol in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City.
Injured were
2nd Lt. Rustine Barco, Corporals Ronnie Gutierez, Roldan Parcon, Shanon Obaldo,
Privates first class Rolando Bublao and Dennis Andol.
Llunar said
after the blast, the rebels positioned on both sides of the provincial road
opened fire, triggering a brief firefight.
Police, led by
Senior Insp. Jose Mari Molina, Magpet town police chief, immediately
put up choke points to back up the soldiers.
The victims
were rushed to Madonna Hospital in Kidapawan City.
North Cotabato
Gov. Emmylou Mendoza condemned the incident. The provincial government of North Cotabato strongly condemns this terroristic attack to the medical team whose only purpose is to deliver basic social services to the people, Mendoza said in a statement. No automatic alt text available sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35849141_1881980968589389_8746792750474592256_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0andampoh=ae567a962ef25ea8021d6f93aba9eefcandampoe=5BEB82F2