Two police officers were hurt when a roadside bomb exploded
along the national highway here Friday night, the Army said.
Capt. Joann Petinglay, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson,
said injured by shrapnel were PO2 Abdurahman Lampak and PO3 Modarie Salibo,
both of Guindulungan PNP.
The injured policemen were with other members of
Guindulungan PNP on board a Mahindra patrol car, led by PO3 Saiden Guiamad were
patrolling the highway in Sitio Sawmill, Barangay Bagan, Guindulungan when the
blast occurred at 9 p.m..
After the blast, the police officers were shot by still
unidentified gunmen, triggering a 40-minute firefight, according to Colonel
Warlito Limet. The suspects fled under cover of darkness.
Responding elements of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry battalion
forced the attackers to flee.
Petinglay said bomb experts recovered fragments of rifle
grenade, cut nails, and broken mobile phones which served as triggering device.
The bomb was similar to other improvised explosive devices
(IEDs) manufactured and disposed by BIFF as diversionary tactic due to
intensified police and military operations against them in nearby Datu Salibo
town, also in Maguindanao.
Police and military authorities believed the IED was planted
by remnants of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Manhunt has been on going against the perpetrators.
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