BIFF spokesman Abu Misrie with followers. AFP FILE PHOTO
Armed elements of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) created havoc in different parts of Maguindanao Thursday night in what the military believes is a form of retaliation for the recent arrest of a Jemaah Islamiyah-trained bomber.
Among those they simultaneously attacked were the patrol bases of the military in the towns of Datu Piang, Datu Unsay, and Shariff Aguak.
The exchange of gunfire between the BIFF and the military lasted for almost five hours started around 10 p.m.
BIFF spokesman Abu Misrie Mama immediately admitted that his group was behind the attacks.
He said these were done to let the other party know of their presence and strength and did not have anything to do with the talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, from which the BIFF split.
No one was injured in the military, according to 6th Infantry Division spokesman Col. Dickson Hermoso.
BIFF on Thursday attacked two barangays in President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat, resulting in the death of Maximo Salamanca, brother of former mayor of the said town.
In this attack, the exchange of gunfire between the BIFF and the 33rd Infantry Battalion lasted almost nine hours.
Abu Misri said two BIFF members were injured in the attack.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/97864/biff-attacks-3-towns-in-maguindanao
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