There is a huge possibility that the foreign-looking
individual, killed during a clash with Marine units in Shariff Saydona,
Maguindanao Saturday, was a member of a international terrorist group. "He
is about 5 feet and eight inches tall, fair complexion and has a similarity (to
one) listed international terrorist," Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala said during a briefing Tuesday.
Kakilala said that the suspected foreigner, one of the four
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) members killed during Saturday's
clash seemed "South Asian looking."
"The SOCO (scene-of-the crime-operatives) is right now
conducting (the) medico legal for the DNA (test), its (is) up to SOCO to
determine the identity of foreign-looking (individual)," he said.
Kakilala said that there was a possibility that the
foreign-looking individual could be a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist
group but said that this was still being validated.
The body of the latter and the three others killed are still
at the mortuary of the 6th Infantry Division in Camp Siongco
As of this posting, the bodies remained unclaimed, Kakilala
said.
And as for the four BIFF men captured during the Maguindanao
operations last Friday, these individuals had been transferred to the custody
of the Philippine National Police.
Kakilala also said that the offensive against the BIFF has
been extended against for another three days to ensure that the brigands are
totally decimated in Maguindanao.
This period started this Tuesday, he added.
"Commander of the 6th Infantry Division will be one to
make operational assessment (if there) is a need for a continue military
operation," the AFP spokesperson said.
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