Major
General Edmundo Pangilinan, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, on Friday
ordered an offensive against Moro bandits responsible in the improvised bomb
attack on government forces that left one soldier killed and wounded three
others in Maguindanao.
Pangilinan
also ordered the deployment of more soldiers along the national highway in
Maguindanao following Thursday afternoon’s roadside bomb attack by Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Barangay Maitumaig, Datu Unsay, Maguindanao.
Pangilinan
visited the three wounded soldiers at Camp Siongco
Hospital
Right
after the blast, elements of the 45th Infantry Battalion, led by battalion
commander Lt. Colonel Donald Hongitan, conducted massive pursuit operations
that resulted in the serious injuries of three BIFF members.
The
BIFF used an IED fashioned from 105 howitzers ammunition with mobile phone as
trigger mechanism.
Pangilinan
also lashed at the Moro bandits for using weapon of mass destruction.
Among
the wounded was Lt. Leemuel Manicdo, commander of the 45th IB Charlie company
stationed in Barangay Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.
Colonel
Dickson Hermoso, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said more BIFF were
believed to have been killed or wounded but carried by their retreating
comrades who fled deep into the Mt.
Firis
Hermoso
said the injuries suffered by the soldiers were all in their legs and are now
recuperating at the military hospital.
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