SEIZED. The guns and improvised bombs recovered by the military from their ongoing operation against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao on Tuesday (Nov. 26, 2019). Three BIFF militants were also killed in the continuing military operations in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Army's 6th Infantry Division)
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- Three members of Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed in military air and ground assaults in Maguindanao Tuesday, an official said.
Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Central (JTFC), said the continuing "surgical operation" is focused against the BIFF faction under commander Bungos in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao.
After the air strikes, ground troops from the 33rd Infantry Battalion (33IB) and 12th Special Forces Battalion conducted clearing operations that led to the recovery of cadavers of three slain BIFF in Barangay Pusao, Shariff Saydona Mustapha.
Carreon said troops also recovered one 5.56 mm K2 assault rifle and one .454-caliber pistol in the rebels' hideout.
Ground troops turned over the remains of the slain BIFF members to local officials, led by village councilman Abo Kalim, so they can be given burial rites in accordance with Islamic tradition.
Continuing operations also led to the recovery of three M16 rifles, improvised explosive devices and six improvised hand grenades in Barangay Pamalian, also in Shariff Saydona Mustapha.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Western Mindanao Command, said the recovery of the remains of BIFF combatants "connote operational success while our troops on the ground build up their focused military operations to hunt and pound the remaining terrorists in Central Mindanao,” said.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1087181
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