Mindanao Armed Conflict

PATAY on the spot ang isang Indian National o kilala sa tawag na ‘Bombay’ matapos pagbabarilin sa bahagi ng National Highway, malapit sa Provincial Capitol ng Buluan, Maguindanao Del Sur, pasado alas 4:00 ng hapon kahapon.

Ayon sa ulat, minamaneho ng biktima ang kanyang motorsiklo na may plakang 877 MYE nang pagsapit sa lugar ay pinagbabaril ito ng mga di pa tukoy na mga salarin

Kinilala ng Buluan PNP ang biktima na si Singh Laxman, negosyante na taga Cotabato City.

Natamo ng biktima ang tatlong tama ng baril sa kanyang mukha.

COTABATO CITY - The police and military have urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to disengage two of its groups that clashed on Monday morning in Maguindanao del Norte, causing the displacement of about a hundred villagers.

The two groups figured in running gunfights for about four hours in Linib and Tinindanan areas in Barangay Bugawas in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, the local police stated in a report on Tuesday to Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Independent Press Council Inc. (MIPC Inc.) expressed its deep sorrow and strong condemnation of the brutal killing of Mr. Juan Jumalon, a well-known independent community radio broadcaster in Calamba, Misamis Occidental.

MIPC Inc. highlights its grave concern and unequivocal condemnation of this violent assault against a media member.

COTABATO CITY - The names of two more men in the hostile Pikit town in Cotabato province got added on Saturday to the long list of victims of the never ending cycle of deadly gun attacks in the area since 2021, almost all awaiting judicial closure.

Montaser Talib and Ellah Pandapatan were on their way to somewhere from Barangay Tinutulan when they were ambushed by gunmen positioned along the road in a secluded area in Barangay Nunguan, killing them both instantly.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao Norte - Mismong si 6th ID at Joint Task Force Central Commander Major General Alex S. Rillera ang nag-abot ng medal of wounded personnel kay Staff Sergeant Alejandro Puon na kasapi ng 6th Mechanized IB.

Ang pinning of medal ay ginanap sa Camp Siongco Station Hospital, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte.

Si Puon ay isa sa apat na mga sugatan sa nangyaring strafing incident sa Crossing Simuay Elementary School sa bayan ng Sultan Kudarat.

COTABATO CITY - PATAY nang pagbabarilin ang Islamic Studies and Arabic Language o ISAL teacher sa Barangay Duaminanga, Datu Piang Maguindanao Del Sur, pasado alas 9:00 kagabi.

Kinilala ang biktima na si Ustadz Hassan Musa, ISAL teacher ng Duaminanga Elementary School at residente ng nasabing bayan.

Ayon sa ulat, abala sa pagliligpit ng kahoy na panggatong ang biktima nang lapitan ng salarin at pinagbabaril.

Tinamaan ng bala sa ibat-ibang parte ng kanyang kawatan ang biktima na dahilan ng kanyang pagkasawi.

Patuloy pang inaalam ang motibo ng pamamaslang.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao Norte  – A suspected member of Dawlah Islamiyah was blasted to death after an improvised bomb he was carrying prematurely went off Sunday.

Major Saber Balogan, spokesperson of 601st Infantry Brigade spokesperson, said the blast occurred at about 7:30 Sunday morning in Barangay Sambulawan, Datu Salibo Maguindanao del Sur.

Citing initial Army investigation, Balogan said a certain Commander Pagadian of the Dawlah Islamiyah Torayfe Group was killed when the suspected improvised explosive device he was carrying prematurely exploded.

NAGPAPAGALING na ngayon sa ospital ang dalawang Army Private First Class ng 40th Infantry Battalion matapos masugatan sa sagupaan ng kanilang tropa laban sa mga kasapi ng Dawlah Islamiyah Group pasado alas 8:00 ng umaga kanina.

Nangyari ang engkwentro sa Sitio Bagurot, Brgy. Mother Tuayan, Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.

Sinabi sa DXMS Radyo Bida ni 601st Brigade Civil Military Operations o CMO Officer Major Saber Balogan na umabot ng isang oras bago natigil ang putukan.

COTABATO CITY - DEAD ON THE ARRIVAL sa pagamutan ang sundalong si Staff Sgt. Darwin Alaba habang sugatan ang kasama nitong si PFC Erwin Villa matapos silang pagbabarilin sa national highway ng Sitio Sandakan, Barangay Dalumangcob, Sultan  Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte pasado alas dose ng tanghali kahapon.

Sinabi sa DXMS Radyo Bida ni Sultan Kudarat PNP Chief Lt. Colonel Julhamin Asdani na sakay ng Kawasaki Bajaj MC 125 ang biktima galing ng 1st Brigade Combat Team Headquarters sa Barangay Pigcalagan ng nasabing bayan.

COTABATO CITY - Soldiers shot dead a member of the Dawlah Islamiya and wounded three others in an encounter over the weekend in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao del Sur.

Army Brig. Gen. Oriel Libres Pangcog, commander of the 601^st Infantry Brigade, and Col. Roel Rullan Sermese, Maguindanao del Sur police director, separately confirmed to reporters on Monday that a long-wanted terrorist named Merlo Pasandalan Mling was killed in a brief clash on Saturday morning with patrolling personnel of the 40^th Infantry Battalion near the town proper of Ampatuan.