On Wednesday night, suspected BIFF tried, but failed, to
over-run an Army detachment in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, Capt. Joann Petinglay,
speaking for the 6th Infantry Division said.
But the 10 p.m. attacks left two soldiers slightly injured,
raising the number of injured infantrymen to 32 since Feb. 5.
"The BIFF cannot sustain battle against the powerful
military so they resorted to hit and run attacks," Petinglay said in
Filipino.
All Army units in the adjoining towns of Datu Salibo, Datu
Piang, Datu Saudi and Shariff Aguak have been alerted since last month as the
armed group carried out diversionary tactics, including road side bombings that
endanger the lives of commuters in Maguindanao.
On Wednesday night, about four or five armed men crawled
near the detachment of 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion along Datu Saudi to
Datu Piang highway in Maguindanao and opened fire on government forces who
retaliated by automatic fire.
The attackers, who fired rifle grenades, fled undercover of
darkness as Army reinforcements arrived.
Civilians near the military installation reported seeing two
armed men injured and carried by fleeing bandits.
The wounded soldiers are now undergoing treatment at Camp Siongco
Hospital
Four soldiers have died, 32 others injured, mostly due to
improvised bomb explosion since February 5 hostilities in Datu Salibo.
The military has captured a BIFF stronghold in the village of Tee
Following the defeat of the BIFF, construction of flood
control project has resumed early this week.
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