President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared Jan. 29, 2015
as National Day of Mourning for the fallen Philippine National Police-Special
Action Force (SAF) members in Maguindanao.
In a briefing at Malacanang Wednesday evening, the President
said he, like the rest of the Filipino people, wants to know what really
happened in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Sunday.
He, however, said that he is leaving it up to the Board of
Inquiry, which has been formed to assess and submit a report on the incident.
At least 44 elite members of the SAF were killed in a
violent firefight with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
The SAF members were assigned to capture Malaysian Zulkipli
bin Hir, a.k.a. Marwan, and Filipino Abdul Basit Usman, reportedly bomb experts
who are linked with the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah and who are being hunted
by the United States
The incident has been dubbed by the Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG) as a “misencounter” since there is an existing
ceasefire in the area.
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