Military units have killed an estimated 20 Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) during a series of clashes in Datu Salibo,
Maguindanao over the weekend.
Fighting erupted when 6th Infantry Division units tried to
secure the ongoing flood control project in Barangay Butilen, of the
above-mentioned area.
Capt. Joann Petinglay, 6th Infantry Division public affairs
office chief, said these figures are based from reports of civilians.
No bodies of the slain BIFF were recovered as of this time,
she added.
"No government forces killed in clashes,"
Petinglay said.
In the issuing encounter, three government troopers were
wounded, including Capt. Jimmy Amoloy, 22nd Mechanized Company commander.
Construction of the flood control project in the area has
been going on smoothly when the BIFF bandits harassed private firm workers on
Friday, even setting on fire two backhoes used for dredging the Butilen River
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