Police authorities here and the rest of North
Cotabato province are on red alert following the Thursday attack
by Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) militants at a para-military
detachment in Aleosan town.
Senior Superintendent Alexander Tagum, provincial police
director, has ordered the setting up of additional checkpoints along the North Cotabato highway and doubled police visibility in
public places to deter possible terrorist attacks.
Tagum said a close coordination between police and military
units in the province has also been set up to monitor BIFF movements in the
boundary of North Cotabato and Maguindanao, particularly in the municipalities
of Aleosan, Midsayap, Pikit, Mlang, and Kabacan, where the rebels are
oftentimes sighted.
“Village officials from these towns are tapped to send
on-time reports and information on armed group movements,” he said.
On Thursday, some 50 BIFF rebels attacked the detachment of
the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit of the Army’s 38th Infantry Battalion
in Barangay Pagangan, Aleosan.
A 15-minute firefight ensued until the rebels retreated when
military reinforcement arrived to augment the CAFGU members.
Barely an hour before the harassment, an improvised bomb
believed to be the handiwork of same rebel group, rocked the national highway
near the Aleosan town center though no one was hurt in the incident.
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