From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 25): 2 suspected Maute Group members killed in Iligan ops
Two suspected members of the Maute Group were killed by government security forces shortly after stealing the white Ford Ranger XLT pick-up truck of a businessman in Iligan City Friday morning.
Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay, Western Mindanao Command (WMC) spokesperson, said the carnapping took place at 8:45 a.m. along C-3 Road, Barangay Ubaldo Laya, in Iligan.
She identified the businessman as 36-year-old Othelo Adiong, who was with his family when Maute Group members on board a white Elantra stopped their vehicle at gunpoint and forced them out.
Petinglay said Adiong immediately reported the incident to patrolling members of the PNP-Special Action Force (SAF) who then gave chase.
As a security precaution, the police officers radioed nearby military units for assistance. The latter conducted their own pursuit operations.
The WMC spokesperson said the white Elantra was intercepted in Camague Road by the PNP-SAF, who arrested its driver Eyeman Alonto of Marawi City, and turned him over to the Iligan City police.
Meanwhile, the white Ford XLT was blocked near the boundary of Iligan and Tagoloan, Lanao del Norte by militiamen under the 4th Mechanized Battalion, triggering a short firefight that resulted in the death of the two suspects, identified as Azzam Ampua Tahir and a certain Wowie.
Recovered from the slain suspects were an M-4 rifle with three magazines and 60 rounds of ammunition and a caliber .45 pistol.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=967103
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