Police and military authorities here were placed on alert on
Sunday, ahead of the celebration of Islamic Eid'l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)
among more than three million Muslims across the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM).
Police officers and soldiers were deployed in designated
areas in Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tai-Tawi, where outdoor
congregational prayers are to take place early Monday, a national holiday.
Special concerns among Islamic clerics are the security of
civilians in Sulu, where there is an ongoing military offensive against the Abu
Sayyaf Group (ASG).
Regional government officials have asked the Muslim faithful
to peacefully observe the religious festivity with more prayers, charitable
activities and offer prayers for the restoration of peace in the troubled
provinces of Sulu and Basilan.
Government forces have been hunting down relentlessly the
Abu Sayyaf bandits on orders of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to put a stop to
kidnapping and beheading actions of the extremist groups who pledge allegiance
to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The 6th Infantry Division which covers Cotabato
City , Maguindanao, North
Cotabato , Sultan Kudarat and part of Lanao del Sur has put up more
checkpoints along major thoroughfares to ensure peaceful and solemn observance
of Eud'l Adha.
The Abu Sayyaf bandits in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have
threatened to disrupt the festivities on Monday. But the other extremist group
which also sympathizes with the ISIS and based
mainly in Maguindanao denied reports of destabilization from them.
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) operate in
Maguindanao and are blamed for the series of roadside bombings in the province,
the latest of which was on Sept. 8 that injured a soldier in Datu Saudi
Ampatuan town.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=922205
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