Three suspected terrorists hurt – BusinessWorld Online
COTABATO CITY — At least three suspected terrorists were wounded in a clash with government troops in Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur in the Mindanao region on Saturday, according to local officials.
About 10 suspected members of the Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters left an M14 assault rifle, two bags containing a .45 caliber pistol each and a dozen home-made bombs as they fled during the encounter with combatants from the Army’s 6th Infantry Battalion under the 6th Infantry Division, they said.
The improvised bombs could be detonated from a distance using a mobile phone.
Lieutenant Colonel Al Victor C. Burkley, commanding officer of the 6th Infantry Battalion, said their troops were dispatched to a far-flung area in the village of Penditen to validate reports by villagers about the presence of gunmen in the area. — John Felix M. Unson
