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Blast at Philippine military camp kills 3 soldiers

Published 06/28/2019, 08:56 PM
Updated 06/28/2019, 09:00 PM
Blast at Philippine military camp kills 3 soldiers

MANILA, June 28 (Reuters) - An explosion at a military base
in the Philippines killed three soldiers and wounded nine on
Friday, in a region of the country plagued by Islamist violence.
The blast went off at around noon in the Sulu archipelago in
the south, which is home to the Abu Sayyaf militant group, a
splintered network loyal to Islamic State notorious for
kidnapping and piracy.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
"Ground troops continue to establish the circumstances and
identify the perpetrators behind this inhumane attack,” Cirilito
Sobejana, chief of the Western Mindanao Command, said in a
statement.
“We will intensify our offensives to crush terrorist
groups.”
The government has blamed militants linked to Abu Sayyaf for
the bombing of a church on the island of Jolo, also in the
south, in January that killed 21 people and wounded scores.
The government has maintained martial law across the parts
of the south to curb Islamic State's influence and decades of
banditry by Abu Sayyaf in an impoverished region that is home to
most members of the mainly Catholic country's Muslim minority.

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