Road construction disrupted in Philippines

Leftist rebels attack road project, torch equipment in Cotabato

DAVAO CITY, Philip­pines (Xin­hua) – Sus­pect­ed left­ist rebels struck anew in south­ern Philip­pines ear­ly today, burn­ing road con­struc­tion equip­ment and sev­er­al vehi­cles owned by a local trad­er, the mil­i­tary said.

Leftist rebels attack road project, torch equipment in Cotabato

DAVAO CITY, Philip­pines (Xin­hua) – Sus­pect­ed left­ist rebels struck anew in south­ern Philip­pines ear­ly today, burn­ing road con­struc­tion equip­ment and sev­er­al vehi­cles owned by a local trad­er, the mil­i­tary said.

Six New People’s Army gun­men swooped down at a quar­ry site and torched three dump trucks, a mechan­i­cal exca­va­tor (back­hoe) and a pay loader in San Roque vil­lage, Kida­pawan City, North Cota­ba­to province past 10:30 a.m. local time, accord­ing to Colonel Leopol­do Galon, spokesper­son of the East­ern Min­danao Com­mand.

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