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Philippines: 18 Filipino soldiers killed in clashes with Abu Sayyaf militants
Sunday, April 10, 2016 1:49
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At least 18 soldiers were killed in fierce daylong fighting with Abu Sayyaf extremists in the southern Philippines on Saturday in the largest single-day government combat loss this year, officials said.
At least 52 other soldiers were wounded in the clashes with the Abu Sayyaf and its allied gunmen in the hinterlands bordering Tipo Tipo and Al-Barka towns on Basilan island, three military officials told The Associated Press. Four militants were killed in the clashes, they said.
Source: http://www.warsintheworld.com/index.php/2016/04/10/philippines-18-filipino-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-with-abu-sayyaf-militants/
