(MENAFN) The military declared that Eight people, including an infant aged 1, have died and 14 were injured when some 30 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists stormed government soldiers in a remote coastal town of Sulu province in southern Philippines.
The 11th infantry division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) revealed that a platoon of troopers were conducting community work in a village of Patikul town when the attack took place around 5:35 p.m. local time on Saturday.
Civilians were reportedly trapped in a 30-minute gunfights which erupted between the government soldiers and terrorists.
The victims included an infant aged 1, and a child, aged 12, according to AFP.
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