7 soldiers wounded in rebel ambush in central Philippines

MANILA: Seven soldiers were wounded, two critically, after an anti-personnel mine allegedly planted by suspected rebels hit patrolling government troops in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, a military general said.

Maj. Gen. Edgardo De Leon, the commander of the 8th Infantry Division, said the ambush occurred at around 6:15 a.m. local time in Mapanas, a municipality in Northern Samar province.

“The troops were on foot patrol when the rebels detonated the anti-personnel mine,” De Leon said, adding that the attack forced the government troops to abort their operation.

 -Xinhua