5 soldiers hurt in Cotabato encounter

COTABATO CITY, Philippines– Five soldiers were wounded in separate encounters between government forces and communist rebels in North Cotabato’s Makilala town.

The clash which erupted in Barangay New Israel, Makilala left  soldiers, identified only as Cpls. Pantasan and Soria, seriously wounded.

Three soldiers were wounded when the rebels opened fire on another group of soldiers not far from the scene of the ambush, hours earlier.