Police and military authorities here are hunting down two
suspected hit men of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who
executed an Army corporal in a remote village here Thursday.
Supt. Reynante delos Santos
The Midsayap PNP said Magtubo, in civilian clothes, was
driving his motorbike heading toward a nearby store to buy cigarettes when
flagged down by two men at past 3 p.m.
Without provocation, the gunmen opened fire. As Magtubo fell
from his bike, the suspects took his motorbike and fled.
Police said the motive of the attack could be robbery but
investigators are also looking at other possible motives.
About a dozen infantrymen under the 6th Infantry Division
have been killed by suspected BIFF hit men who resorted to guerrilla attacks
against government forces following the fall of its camps in Maguindanao early
this year.
More than 90 BIFF guerrillas were killed and wounded during
the month-long air and ground assaults on its lairs in Maguindanao.
Capt. Joanne Petinglay, 6th ID spokesperson, admitted the
BIFF has shifted to "hit and run" attacks because it can no longer
mount major offensive against well armed, disciplined better organized and
better in strength Philippine military.
Most of the targets of BIFF hit men were soldiers on
motorbikes traveling alone in Maguindanao and North
Cotabato highways.
Following the series of highway lightning attacks by BIFF, Major
Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th ID chief, has directed all units and battalion
commanders to refrain infantrymen from traveling on motorbikes alone.
He also placed the entire Army division and its operational
units to red alert status amid intelligence reports the BIFF has intensified
its "hit and run" attacks on unsuspecting soldiers, mostly off duty
personnel, traveling along highways in its area of jurisdiction.
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