Troops kill MNLF straggler as clearing operations continue in Zambo

From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 1): Troops kill MNLF straggler as clearing operations continue in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY -– A straggler of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels involved in the standoff was killed in a clash here as clearing operations continue, a military official disclosed Tuesday.

Lt. Col. Jose Randolph Sino Cruz, head of the military’s Task Force Zamboanga Peninsula-Lanao (Zampelan), said the clash ensued around 2:30 p.m. Monday in Barangay Sta. Barbara, 0.35 kilometers east of City Hall.

Unfortunately, Sino Cruz disclosed that a soldier from the Army’s 44th Infantry Battalion was also killed in the clash.

Sino Cruz said the clash ensued when the troops chanced upon the MNLF straggler while conducting clearing operation.

He said the troops have recovered from the slain MNLF straggler an M4 and M-14 rifles.

Meanwhile, he said that the troops have also recovered another M-16 Armalite rifle while conducting clearing operation Tuesday in Layag-Layag Island in Barangay Talon-Talon, five kilometers east of this city.

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