ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Police arrested an Army soldier accused of shooting three people near an Air Force base in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, officials said on Sunday.

Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, a regional police spokeswoman, said the 40-year Sergeant Bensaudi Idjal, was detained for the Saturday shooting of businesswoman Sahaba Abdulla, 32; her nephew Ahmad Wahab, 21; and Radzman Hassan, 37, in the village of Santa Maria near Edwin Andrews Air Base. The victims were rushed to the hospital.

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