Another soldier was gunned down by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Datu Piang town, Maguindanao on Thursday, the victim’s commander said.
Corporal Macapeges Mamangcua of the Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion was the third soldier killed in the town this week.
Colonel Marton Abo, 33rd IB commander, said Mamangcua was buying fruit in Barangay Dapiawan when he was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen. The killers then took the soldier’s wallet and motorcycle.
On Tuesday, Privates First Class Rex Limpahan and Edward Baes of the 62nd Division Reconnaissance Company based in Barangay Damablas were gunned down just outside the Sta. Teresita parish church in the town, where they had gone to light devotional candles to mark Limpahan’s 23rd birthday.
Authorities suspect the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to be behind the killings, following an earlier threat by rebel spokesman Abu Misri Mama that they would not ease up on attacks on government troops.
The BIFF, which clings to the aim of establishing an independent Islamic state in Mindanao, broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has signed a peace pact with the government after agreeing to abandon its secessionist aspirations for autonomy.
Meanwhile, in Carmen, North Cotabato, the driver and conductor of a passenger van were killed when robbers held them up and made off with their vehicle.
The robbers had boarded the van as passengers before announcing the holdup.
The van’s passengers were also robbed of their money, gadgets and other valuables.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/96596/3rd-soldier-killed-in-datu-piang-maguindanao-this-week
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