Three Muslim separatist rebels were killed and four soldiers wounded in a gunbattle in the southern Philippines, the military said. The troops were patrolling a village near Sirawai town in the Zamboanga peninsula Wednesday when they were attacked by 20 men believed to be Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members, a military report said.
| It's that "ceasefire." They just cna't help themselves... |
The 20-minute gunbattle that followed left three rebels dead and four soldiers wounded, it said. The soldiers managed to overrun a rebel encampment that could accommodate 80 people and seized hundreds of rounds of ammunition. |