4 killed, including 1 soldier, 4 wounded in southern Philippine shooting


MANILA, July 4 (Xinhua): A soldier, two militiamen and a civilian were killed in a shooting in Basilan, an island province in the southern Philippines, on Friday evening, a military spokesman said on Saturday.

Army Major Arvin Encinas of the military's Western Mindanao Command said four others were also wounded in the shooting that happened around 9:30 p.m. local time on Friday in a remote village near Tipo-Tipo town.

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