ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine Army launched an operation to hunt down gunmen who shot dead an army scout ranger and seriously injured another officer in the restive region of Mindanao.

Capt. Alberto Caber, a spokesman for the Eastern Mindanao Command, has confirmed the twin attacks, but he did not say who were behind them. He said motorcycle gunmen gunned down a member of the 12th Scout Ranger Company in the village of San Antonio in Compostela Valley’s Mabini town on July 16.

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