Unknown to the rest of the country government forces have regained
control of Datu Paglas town market center in Maguindanao, that was briefly
occupied by Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) at dawn Saturday.
According to Lt. Col. John Paul Baldomar, speaking for the Army’s 6th
Infantry Division, said the BIFF gunmen, numbering about 200, withdrew and
splintered into small groups after a brief military air and ground assault.
“At 10 a.m., we are
now in control of the public market in Datu Paglas; clearing operations were
still going on,” Baldomar said.
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| PA's military amphibious tank stands guard at the national highway in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao after some 200 armed members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) seized the town’s public market early Saturday (May 8, 2021) (photo credit to PNA) |
No casualty for the government troops, but for the BIFF cannot be
ascertained.
The Philippine Army was able to mount and launched air and ground
assaults on the rebels’ position at about 9 a.m. until the latter withdrew
toward the mountainous area of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat.
The government troops were able to find 4 improvised bomb and was
eventually deactivated by PA’s bomb experts.
In a phone interview after the incident, Abu Jihad, speaking for the
BIFF, said the 200 gunmen belonging to the BIFF Kagui Karialan faction, had no
plan to seize Datu Paglas town.
“Our men were there to rest and were about to
return to our camps when soldiers arrived and started firing at us,” Jihad said
in the vernacular.
IT was observed that some of the BIFF rebels as ‘young’, about 15 years
to 25 years old.
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