MARAWI CITY: Authorities are investigating the possibility that a jihadist group is behind the ambush on military personnel in Pantar town, Lanao del Norte wherein one soldier was killed and six others were wounded.

On Monday, over a dozen gunmen ambushed a squad of the 42nd Company of the 4th Mechanized Battalion on board a six-by-six truck during a routine patrol along the Pantar town portion of the highway linking the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte.

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