Gunmen kill 9 in village attack in Southern Philippines
Bernama
August 21, 2017 15:50 MYT
August 21, 2017 15:50 MYT
Armed men enter the village at around 5.30 am local time on Monday and start to shoot villagers and burn houses. - Photo for illustration purpose
Nine people were killed and 10 others wounded on Monday when up to 50 fully armed men raided a remote village in Basilan province in the southern Philippines, China's Xinhua news agency reported the police as saying.
Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, the police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said armed men entered the village in Maluso in Basilan province around 5.30 am local time on Monday and started shooting villagers and burning houses.
Sindac said the police have yet to identify the group behind the attack. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
-- BERNAMA