7 Marines injured in Sulu blast | Inquirer News

7 Marines injured in Sulu blast

/ 01:04 PM February 04, 2016

Seven members of the Philippine Marines were injured in a roadside blast in Sulu on Thursday morning, the military said.

An improvised explosive device went off and hit a convoy of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-10 in Barangay (village) Lagtoh in Talipao at 6:50 a.m., Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Filemon Tan said.

The Abu Sayyaf Group was suspected to be behind the said bombing incident.

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The wounded Marines were immediately brought to the Trauma Hospital in Jolo and then airlifted later to Zamboanga City.

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