Troops belonging to the Army' 57th Infantry Battalion (IB) are hunting down two members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) responsible for setting off a roadside bomb Sunday, injuring five soldiers, including a junior Army officer, in Datu Unsay town in this province.
Capt. Arvin John Encinas, Army 6th Infantry Division (ID) spokesperson, identified those injured in the 5:30 a.m. roadside explosion as 1Lt. Jano Cyril C. Reyes, team leader, and his subordinates identified only as PFCs Maguncia, Purol, and Crispo, and Pvt Ramirez, all of the 57th IB.
The victims were on board a KM-150 military vehicle on their way to Cotabato City when the BIFF set off the explosive they planted at the side of the Meta Bridge in the area.
Encinas said 57th IB troops are now hot on the trail of Maro Butuan and a certain “Dats,” both under BIFF Commander Kadaffy Abdulatif, whom intelligence sources said were the last ones seen at the bridge prior to the blast.
In an interview over a local radio station, Abu Missry Mama, BIFF spokesperson, admitted that it was their members who planted the bomb at the approach of the bridge.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1025652
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