Seven troopers from the 10th Scout Ranger Company were wounded in a grenade attack in Jolo, Sulu early Wednesday morning.
The incident took place 5:21 a.m. at Barangay Walled City in the above-mentioned town.
Major Filemon Tan, Western Mindanao Command spokesperson, said the victims were conducting a logistic run when a still unidentified suspect hurled a fragmentation grenade at the soldiers, wounding seven of the latter.
Logistics run means the soldiers went to the town proper either for marketing or to get supplies.
Tan did not release the names of the wounded soldiers except in saying they belong to the 10th Scout Ranger Company of the Army’s 4th Scout Ranger Battalion based in Bud Datu, Tagbak, Indanan.
“They [the soldiers] opted not to open fire as civilians might be hit,” he said citing there were many people at the vicinity of the incident.
He said there is a big possibility that the Abu Sayyaf brigands were behind the grenade attack.
