SUSPECTED al Qaida-linked militants killed seven policemen in an ambush yesterday after their comrades shot to death two government soldiers in a separate attack in the southern Philippines, security officials said.
Navy Rear Admiral Alex Pama said suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen opened fire on a police convoy negotiating a dirt road in far-flung Sumisip township, on Basilan island, killing seven policemen.
In a separate attack late on Saturday, another group of suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen killed two unarmed soldiers involved in the construction of a school.
