ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Eleven were hurt after the Nur Misuari-led faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fired a rifle grenade in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City.
Among those injured were five Philippine Red Cross volunteers, two personnel of the Philippine National Police, two soldiers, a human rights personnel and an intelligence personnel.
The group were seeking cover from the concrete fence of the Zamboanga City Medical Center along the corner of the Dr. Evangelista Street and Lustre junction when the M203 rifle grenade exploded past 5 p.m.
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Two soldiers lay wounded after a mortar landed near them as
the government troopers continue their assault at Muslim rebels who have taken
scores of hostages and used them as human shields for the fifth straight day
Friday Sept. 13, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. The troops
have surrounded the Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas with their
hostages in four coastal villages since the crisis erupted Monday. (AP
Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Two of the wounded Red Cross personnel and airforce personnel were seriously wounded while the rest were slightly injured from the blast.
The explosion forced news correspondents and televisions crews within the blast site scampering for safety and leaving the area as the ground was getting more hostile.
The rifle grenade attack came as military tanks were trying to barge and clear the area of rebels to allow the fire trucks to contain the three sites torched by the rebels.
