Suspected members of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters have brought the war zone to North
Cotabato , particularly in Aleosan town, police said.
Senior Inspector Jun Napat, Aleosan town police chief, said
the attack on a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) detachment in
Barangay Pagangan, Aleosan happened around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday.
He said it could be a diversionary tactic by the rebel group
to mislead pursuing government forces.
“They attacked the detachment with rocket propelled grenades
and Barrett sniper fires for about 10 minutes, then fled back to the
marshland,” Napat told reporters.
At 7 a.m. on Friday, Cafgu members conducted clearing
operations and found an improvised bomb some 50 meters away from the detachment
believed to have been left by the attackers.
Napat said a two-way hand held radio was attached to it, but
they have yet to determine its components.
Army bomb experts came to defuse the bomb.
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