Bombmaker slain in Maguindanao
A BOMBMAKER of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIFF) was killed in a shootout with authorities during an operation in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town.
Maguindanao del Sur province, Lt. Col. Udgie Villan, the Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion acting commander, identified the slain rebel as Datu Guibo, an alleged BIFF bomb maker-cum-courier.
Joint forces of the 33IB and the Provincial Police Mobile Force Company were to serve a warrant of arrest for various offenses to Guibo when fired upon by the suspect’s group.
“As the troops were approaching Guibo’s safe house, his followers numbering about ten opened fire, triggering a brief firefight,” said Brig. General Oriel Pangcog, the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade commander.
Guibo was fatally hit while his comrades hurriedly escaped. Recovered were a pistol and anti-personnel mine, Pagcog added.
No casualty was reported on the government side.
Meanwhile, six Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) surrendered to the Army’s 36IB in Midsayap town, North Cotabato province on Friday last week.
The rebels turned in rifles, including a homemade sniper rifle, and bullets during surrender rites in Bgy. Salunayan in Midsayap.
Since January, a total of 56 BIFF members have surrendered to the Army in Maguindanao and North Cotabato. Philippine News Agency
