Twelve
people, 10 of them Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), were killed and
another six were wounded following another clash in Barangay Palongogue,
Midyasap town, North Cotabato Thursday
morning.
Major
Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th Infantry Division commander, said the clash took
place between troopers of the 40th Infantry Battalion and 20 armed BIFF
members.
In
the issuing firefight, which took place 6:40 a.m., 10 BIFF men were killed
along with two government troopers.
Six
soldiers were also wounded in the encounter, Pangilinan said.
He
added that the death report for the BIFF came from civilians living in the
area.
Pursuit
operations are still ongoing as of this posting.
The
first firefight happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday where BIFF brigands fired on
a detachment of the 40th Infantry Battalion, also in Barangay Palongogue,
resulting in no casualties to government troopers manning the outpost.
Pangilinan
attributed the attacks to the progress in the ongoing peace talks with the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which was highlighted by the submission on
Wednesday of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law to Congress.
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