CAMP GEN EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City (DWDD) – The Explosive Ordnance Division of the 6th Infantry Division (6ID) is continuously searching, retrieving and/or exploding various Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) left by remnants of the bandit group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in their former stronghold in Maguindanao.
Last March 2, an explosion shooked Baranggay Te while Maj. Gen. Eduardo Pangilinan, Commander of the 6th ID, was about to oversee a symbolic flag raising ceremony signifying the governments retaking of the camp.
MGen Pangilinan stated that they have not yet completely cleared the area of IEDs planted by the retreating BIFF while a series of encounters were also reported.
He added that troops, their tanks and armoured personnel carriers were having difficulty in entering the barangays since it is surrounded by marshland, thus requiring soldiers to go on foot.
Removing IEDs also prove difficult thus forcing EOD personnel to blast it in place.
An estimated 40 IEDs were planted there by the BIFF and government troops are currently doing an operation to clear the barangay in the town of Datu Salibo of IEDs so that residents can return to their homes.
The small group of BIFF fighters, numbering from 20 to 30 men, were led by a certain Commander Abunawas and a Commander Bungos.
The operation has already cost the government the lives of four soldiers and wounding 20 in almost daily clashes since February 5. AES / MCAG Photo by 6DPAO
http://dwdd.com.ph/2015/on-dangerous-grounds-ii-6id-continue-clearing-fmr-biff-camp-of-ied/
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