Police and military forces here have launched a manhunt
against suspected members of extremists Bangsamoro islamic Freedom Fighters
(BIFF) in the borders of Maguindanao and North Cotabato
following roadside bomb attack that hurt soldiers and a student Wednesday.
Supt. Tom Tuzon, Midsayap town police chief, said the
manhunt was launched by Midsayap PNP personnel and elements of the Army's 6th
Infantry Division.
Injured in the 5 p.m. roadside bombing in the village of Ulandang
were Private 1st Class Jestoni Bauzon and Sgt. Edwin Soria, both of the 62nd
Reconnaissance Company of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, and student Miriam
Akis, a high school student of Dabpil
Sampulna National
High School
They all sustained shrapnel injuries in various parts of
their bodies, police said.
Akis who was heading for home from school happened to be
near the site where the improvised explosive device (IED) was set off by BIFF.
Police described the IED as "very powerful." Bomb
experts said it was fashioned from 105 mm mortar round with mobile phone as
trigger mechanism. The bomb experts also recovered cut nails and metal sheets
used as shrapnel of the IED.
The soldiers were on board a military truck passing by a
narrow road near the school when the IED exploded followed by strafing from
gunmen nearby.
Others soldiers in the vehicle returned fire, triggering a
brief encounter until the attackers fled to Maguindanao side of the border.
Police and military authorities could not say whether or not
the gunmen who opened fire after the blast also suffered casualties.
Police blamed the BIFF, saying the IED used in the attack
was similar to other IEDs used by the BIFF in attacking government forces in
Maguindanao this year.
The victims were rushed to a hospital in Midsayap town
proper.
Joint police and soldiers immediately established
checkpoints in the borders of Maguindanao and North
Cotabato where the BIFF operates.(
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