CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – Heavily armed members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) occupied the center of Datu Paglas town in Maguindanao on Saturday.
Hundreds of motorists and passengers were stranded along the Cotabato-Maguindanao border as the highway passing through Datu Paglas to Tulunan town in Cotabato province was closed to traffic beginning at 4 a.m. Saturday.
Lt. Colonel John Paul Baldomar, speaking for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said about 200 heavily armed BIFF fighters under the Kagi Karialan faction occupied the town’s public market and established defensive positions.
Also in the market…
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