Philippines investigates police shooting of soldiers
The army has accused the police of firing on the soldiers even after they identified themselves as members of the military. – EPA pic, July 2, 2020.
PHILIPPINE authorities are investigating the deaths of four soldiers shot by police in the country’s restive south, with the defence minister vowing today to “get to the bottom” of the incident. The plainclothes soldiers were in pursuit of “bomb makers and suicide bombers” from the Abu Sayyaf militant group when they were attacked by police in the Muslim-majority province of Sulu on Monday, the army has said.
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