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Friendly fire kills at least 10 soldiers in Philippines

by IBNS 31 May 2017, 10:26 pm

Manila, Jun 1 (IBNS): A government authorised air strike gunned down at least 10 soldiers and injured eight others in Philippines, reports said.

The incident took place on Wednesday in the war hit Marawi region of the Lanao del Sur province.

The country's defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed remorse while breaking the news.

"Yesterday we had a tragedy that involved our troops. A group of our military, Army men were hit by our own airstrike. We lost men, 10 killed and 8 wounded," the defence secretary was quoted as saying.