CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The local police command here on Thursday has raised an
alert following the government’s declaration of war against the Moro rebels of
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Central
Mindanao .
Pol. Supt. Lemuuel Gonda, chief operation officer of the
local police command, said that the police is adopting a preemptive measure for
fear that the war between the Moro rebels and the government troopers would
escalate here.
He said that aside from mobile checkpoints, the local police
has also set up checkpoints in various areas in the city. “We have also
enlisted the assistance of the local barangay units to be on alert in their
respective barangays here,” Gonda said.
Earlier, the military has also clamp the boundaries in
Northern Mindanao to make sure that the fighting in Central
Mindanao will not escalate toward the region.
Maj. Christian Uy, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry
Division here, said that the military is closely coordinating with other law
enforcers in various provinces and cities in Northern
Mindanao in securing the region.
The BIFF, headed by Umbra Kato, is a breakaway group of the
Moro Islamic Liberation (MILF) whose fighters also engaged in the Mamapasano
encounter in Maguindanao, which resulted in the death of 44 members of the
elite Special Action Force (SAF).
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