DATU SAUDI, Maguindanao -- Military here has
launched a manhunt against a band of outlawed Moro rebels who it suspected of
setting up an improvised roadside bomb Tuesday morning that injured a soldier.
"Manhunt is going on against the bandits," Colonel
Felicisimo Budiongan, commander of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade.
Budiongan said the soldiers were conducting foot patrol and
road security along the road leading to Datu Piang town from Datu Saudi Ampatuan
when the explosive went off at 9:30 a.m. in Barangay Lower Salbu.
He said the blast site was a few meters away from the 2nd
Mechanized Infantry Brigade headquarters.
According to Budiongan, the still to be determined make of
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was believed planted last night.
But he added it has the "signature" of the
outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). Budiongan added the
explosive was similar to the bombs used by the BIFF in the past.
Following the blast, soldiers continued their clearing
operations to ensure no explosives are left by suspected lawless elements. More
checkpoints along the highway have been put up.
Military and police forces are placed on heightened alert
following the declaration of President Duterte of state of lawlessness in the
aftermath of Davao
City
Abu Misri Mama, BIFF spokesperson, denied his group was
behind the attack.
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