Based on the report of its own fact-finding committee, the
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Tuesday that the
Maguindanao-based 6th Infantry Division did everything it could to help the
hard-pressed Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) troopers
during the bloody encounter last Jan. 25.
In that fiery clash with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), 44 SAF men were killed
in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao.
Earlier, Malaysian terrorist and bomber Zulkifli bin Hir,
alias Marwan, was reported killed in the Mamasapano operations, although this
has yet to be supported by solid evidence, including DNA tests.
Col. Restituto Padilla, AFP spokesperson, declined to give
specifics on the fact-finding committee's report but said the 6th Infantry
Division managed to provide the necessary support to the SAF troopers during
that fateful day.
He added that this can be borne out by the chronology of
events which showed detailed communications between the leadership of the 6th
Infantry Division and the engaged SAF men.
Padilla stressed that the chronology of events could
actually become the basis for some of the investigative bodies that are now
looking into the bloody clash.
Padilla said that all available information will be released
during the investigation being conducted by the PNP Board of Inquiry.
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