ZAMBOANGA CITY , Philippines, July 14 (UPI) -- Suspected members of Abu Sayyaf militant group killed three Philippine soldiers, local officials said.
The unidentified soldiers were buying food in the village of Manilop in Sulu province, part of the Philippines' Autonomous Region in Islamic Mindanao, when they were attacked. The soldiers were part of a battalion fighting Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist militant group with ties to the Islamic State. While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, the military said Abu Sayyaf as liable.