Terrorists kill 4 MILFs in Maguindanao del Sur ambush

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COVERED in banana leaves, four members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front lie dead in Barangay Satan, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao de Sur after being ambushed by local terrorists on Sunday. — PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN FELIX M. UNSON

COTABATO CITY — Local terrorists have killed four members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in an ambush on Sunday in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, authorities said.

Local leaders, members of different municipal peace and order councils in Maguindanao del Sur and officials of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division told reporters on Monday morning that Mhoni S. Kamid, Khar D. Anding, Tapurih M. Anding, and Ahmed B. Mansur died on the spot due to bullet wounds in different parts of the bodies.

The victims, all residents of Barangay Dapiawan in Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao del Sur, were riding motorcycles, maneuvering through a stretch of a highway in Shariff Aguak town, when gunmen positioned along the route opened fire with assault rifles.

These MILF members who died instantly had actively supported the police and military’s anti-terror campaign in the province.

Colonel Roel R. Sermese, Maguindanao del Sur police director, said the four were on their way to Barangay Limpongo in Datu Hoffer town when they were attacked.

The group of Kagui Katatang, who is identified with both the outlawed Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), is suspected to be behind the atrocity, according to some local leaders. — John Felix M. Unson