Outgoing
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Emmanuel T. Bautista
on Friday vowed to address the "friendly fire" incident in Sulu which
killed six troopers last month.
"I
am constituting a BOI (board of inquiry) from the level of the general
headquarters to look into this report and find out what we can do and the
appropriate actions that we need to take, to address that issue," he said.
Bautista
said he creceived the BOI report conducted by Western Mindanao Command head Lt.
Gen. Rustico Guerrero, last Monday.
"It's
an unfortunate incident, nobody wants that but it happened, as you all know
even among the best armies in the world that occurs and lately we've seen that,
even with the United States Army in Afghanistan
The
AFP chief is scheduled to step down by July 20.
"And
what is being done is to be conscious about it and to learn from all these
incidents so it does not happen (again)," Bautista pointed out.
He
declined to comment on whether the parties responsible for the incident will be
punished, adding they better wait for conclusion of the investigation before
coming out with a statement.
Six
troopers of the Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) were killed after their
command post was accidentally hit by a 105mm shell.
The
JSOG troopers were supposed to reinforce the Marine Force Reconnaissance that
was attacked by Abu Sayyaf Group brigands last June 19 in Barangay Kagay, in
Patikul town.
The
ambush killed one Marine officer and wounded 11 others.
This
prompted survivors to call for fire support from a nearby Marine 105mm battery.
The
consequent shelling hit the position of the JSOG operatives, killing six
troopers immediately.
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