2 more BIFF members killed in Maguindanao military offensives

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Two more members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Mao, Datu Paglas, Maguindanao before dawn on Sunday, May 16, the military reported.

Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of the 6th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, said the slain BIFF members were part of the group of 60 armed men who occupied Datu Paglas town public market on May 8 before soldiers arrived in the area and drove them away.

Uy said no casualty was reported on the government side as the remains of the two slain BIFF men were turned over to the local government unit.

 

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