7 soldiers hurt in blast

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao , Philippines  – Seven soldiers were badly wounded when a bomb exploded just as their truck was passing by a secluded stretch of a farm-to-market road in Makilala, North Cotabato Tuesday night.

Lt. Col. Benjamin Lao, newly installed spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, identified the wounded soldiers as Cpl. Jeruel Hipe and Pfcs. Levie Paranal, Jose Miravilles, Jester Pancho, Ramon Piala Jr., Ariel Tambangon, and John Edward Tangub, all belonging to the 62nd Reconnaissance Company, a special rapid deployment unit of the 6th ID.  

Lao said the soldiers were on their way back to their headquarters from an invitational basketball game. – John Unson