A soldier was killed while another one was wounded when two motorcycle-riding men, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group’s urban terror team, attacked them while they were boarding a sidecar Thursday morning at a pier in Jolo, Sulu, a report reaching Camp Aguinaldo said.
Western Mindanao Command chief Lieutenant General Mayoralgo dela Cruz confirmed the incident and said the incident happened in front of the Sulu Electric Cooperative in Barangay Busbus.
Dela Cruz said the soldiers were headed for their headquarters when two armed men, on board a motorcycle and carrying automatic rifles, appeared several meters away from their rear and fired on them.
“The troops engaged the armed men in a short firefight,” Dela Cruz said.
The first volley fire from the suspects killed one soldier and wounded another.