“We stopped from there to prevent possible animosity between the Philippine government and the MILF,” he explained.A report from the Zamboanga Peninsula police office said the soldiers and police exchanged gunfire for about an hour with the armed men who are believed to belong to the Lumirang criminal group. Nobody was reported hurt.
A checkpoint is now established in Doña Cecilia by the Sirawai municipal police station and the 2nd Zamboanga del Norte Police Mobile Force Company as part of the manhunt against the suspects.The Army said a longstanding family feud sparked the ambush that killed Balubuan village chief Alih Manangca, his brother Anie, sister Anisa, nephew Alfahad, and another relative identified as Shilben Musaddin Basa.
Renewed animosity flared on December 22, 2022, when Anie shot and killed Jarin Angsa and Ibrahim Hassan, both residents of Barangay Panabutan in Sirawai. Anie, a civilian militia, was reportedly provoked by the two victims that ended in a gun duel. At that time, he was one of the detailed security personnel for a government team surveying land for a housing project.
Anie’s case was dismissed for lack of interest among the victims’ families, and he was released from a two-week detention.
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