Skip to Navigation | Skip to Content | Leap to Bottom

Zamboanga fighting resumes, fire reported in Brgy. Sta. Catalina | News | GMA News Online

16.9.13

Zamboanga fighting resumes, fire reported in Brgy. Sta. Catalina | News | GMA News Online - The gunfire was heard in two villages in the city since 6 a.m., Monday, and went on for more than 20 minutes, said a radio dzBB report. Meanwhile, a predawn fire occurred at about 5:30 a.m. at Barangay Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City, radio dzBB's Benjie Liwanag Jr. also reported. The crisis started last Monday when MNLF gunmen took several civilians hostage and engaged government forces in a series of firefights. The Armed Forces of the Philippines said that as of 7 p.m. Sunday, at least 51 "rogue MNLF elements" had been killed while nine were wounded, with 48 captured or surrendered. On the AFP side, three had been killed, while 63 were wounded. Also, three police officers from the Philippine National Police were killed with 10 wounded.


Read the full article … 

Dispatch: Aboriginal Press Media Group  |   Permalink  |   [16.9.13]  |   0 comments

3935660878710156864

»  {Newer-Posts} {Older-Posts}  «

0 Comments:

Post a Comment



 / 16.9.13 / 2013/09/#3935660878710156864




Aboriginal News Group

Contributing Editors, International Correspondents & Affiliates




This is an Ad-Free Newswire


#ReportHate
============
Southern Poverty Law Center


This site uses the Blogspot Platform



Impressum

Inteligenta Indigena Novajoservo™ (IIN) is maintained by the Aboriginal Press News Service™ (APNS) a subset of the Aboriginal News Group™ (ANG). All material provided here is for informational purposes only, including all original editorials, news items and related post images, is published under a CC: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license (unless otherwise stated) and/or 'Fair Use', via section 107 of the US Copyright Law). This publication is autonomous; stateless and non-partisan. We refuse to accept paid advertising, swag, or monetary donations and assume no liability for the content and/or hyperlinked data of any other referenced website. The APNS-ANG and its affiliate orgs do not advocate, encourage or condone any type/form of illegal and/or violent behaviour.