More than 30 bodies of policemen killed in Sunday's clash
with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are now at Camp Siongco
The camp is currently on “restricted” status following the
coming in of the bodies from Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
The bodies were extricated from Barangay Tukanalipao,
Mamasapano town following Sunday’s bloody "misencounter" between the
police’s Special Action Force and members of the MILF 105th Base Command in the
area.
Sunday’s clash was described as the worse
"misencounter" between state and MILF forces since the GPH-MILF peace
process took off in 2011.
The SAF elements were after two highly-prioritized value
targets in Mamasapano, identified as Afghanistan-trained bomb-makers Jemaah
Islamiyah operative Zulkipli bin Hir, alias Marwan; and cohort Abdul Basit
Usman when met by gunfire on Sunday dawn in Barangay Tukanalipao, an
MILF–influenced area in the province.
Members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
camping nearby later joined the fray to wipe out the SAF team.
Von Al Haq, MILF spokesman, said the lack of coordination by
the SAF raiding team with the MILF leadership led to the unfortunate incident.
Joint extrication operation for the bodies of those killed
is still being done by PNP and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel.
Some 530 families who evacuated from some five villages
following Sunday’s clash in Mamasapano are also currently being assisted by
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao relief workers.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=729226
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