CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- Fresh fighting sparked anew Tuesday night between government forces and Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao.The fighting occurred some 800 meters away from the site of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Barangay Salman, Ampatuan, Maguindanao, according to Lt. Col. Alvin Iyog, commander of the Army’s 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion.
“No casualty was reported on the government side so far,” Iyog told reporters here Wednesday.
Major Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, the Army's 6th Infantry Division commander, said the situation remains under control and far from the national highway linking Cotabato City, Maguindanao, and Isulan in Sultan Kudarat.
Overnight, the Army used 105 howitzer cannons on Sitio Narra, Barangay Salman, where about 50 members of the BIFF - Karialan faction were sighted by residents.
"Evacuating residents were protected by military forces," Sobejana said.
Iyog said BIFF snipers fired at the Army drone called “bird’s eyes” while it was hovering over the village of Salman.
He said the group was headed by Abu Rusda and Diok, both sub-commanders of the Karialan BIFF faction.
An Army intelligence officer said the group had plotted to launch attacks against government forces in the towns of Shariff Aguak, Datu Hoffer, and Ampatuan.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1055765
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