By Janice Cave
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III visited Thursday the wake of three soldiers killed in the standoff between government forces and Moro National Liberation Front fighters in Zamboanga City.
Aquino went to Norzagaray and Pulilan towns in Bulacan to visit the wake of 1st Lt. John Kristopher Rama, 30, and 2nd Lt. Florencio Mikael Meneses, 27.
Aquino also visited the wake of 1st Lt. Francis Damian at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
Rama was killed by an MNLF sniper while both Meneses and Damian died while being treated at the hospital in Zamboanga City after being wounded in the firefight.
At least 15 soldiers have been killed while 152 others have been wounded during the operations, the military said.