BIFF SURRENDER. The two Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (blurred faces) and their firearms following their surrender to the Army’s 7th Infantry Battalion in Pikit, North Cotabato on Monday (July 22, 2019). At their side is a senior officer of the Army’s 7th IB. (Photo courtesy of 6ID)
Two members of Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) operating in the border of North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces have yielded to the Army’s 7th Infantry Battalion (7IB) and handed over two high powered guns, the military here said Tuesday.
Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the two BIFF surrenderers turned over an M14 rifle and a homemade .50-caliber sniper rifle during simple surrender ceremonies at the 7th IB headquarters in Pikit, North Cotabato on Monday. The identities of the surrenderers were withheld for security reasons.
Their surrender came a month after a commander of the BIFF also gave himself up to the 7IB. He surrendered an M-14 rifle and one B-40 rocket-propelled grenade rifle.
“The surrender of the BIFF fighters is an indication the Army’s campaign against terrorist groups in Maguindanao and North Cotabato is gaining headway,” Carreon said.
He appealed to other BIFF members to come down from the mountains and live normal lives again instead of pursuing a lost cause.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1075726
Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the two BIFF surrenderers turned over an M14 rifle and a homemade .50-caliber sniper rifle during simple surrender ceremonies at the 7th IB headquarters in Pikit, North Cotabato on Monday. The identities of the surrenderers were withheld for security reasons.
Their surrender came a month after a commander of the BIFF also gave himself up to the 7IB. He surrendered an M-14 rifle and one B-40 rocket-propelled grenade rifle.
“The surrender of the BIFF fighters is an indication the Army’s campaign against terrorist groups in Maguindanao and North Cotabato is gaining headway,” Carreon said.
He appealed to other BIFF members to come down from the mountains and live normal lives again instead of pursuing a lost cause.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1075726
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