Gov’t airstrikes kill 6 BIFF gunmen in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:16:24 +0000

COTABATO CITY — After four soldiers were killed by Islamic State (IS)-inspired gunmen in separate instances in this city and in Maguindanao province recently, the military retaliated and attacked a suspected lair of terrorists in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town, leaving six rebels dead, military reports said.

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3 rebels, 1 civilian killed in Army-BIFF clash in Maguindanao

3 rebels, 1 civilian killed in Army-BIFF clash in Maguindanao

Three members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and a civilian were killed in a military operation that prevented a bombing attempt in North Cotabato.

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Top Army general escapes bomb in Maguindanao

Top Army general escapes bomb in Maguindanao

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – The military here on Sunday said a convoy carrying an Army general escaped a potential bomb attack Saturday when soldiers found and defused a powerful explosive planted by the roadside in Ampatuan town. Major General Cirilito Sobejana, the newly-installed 6th Infantry Division commander, was in the convoy on his way to visit the Army’s […]

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