2 terrorists succumbed in Maguindanao del Sur, Tedurays displaced
By J.Lo
"We are calling on government relief agencies to extend to them relief support," Bangsamoro Parliament Member Froilyn Mendoza, an ethnic Teduray, said authorities are bracing for possible retaliation by Dawlah Islamiya terror group that lost two men in clash with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Maguindanao del Sur.
45-minute gunfight in Barangay Mother Tuayan in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur erupted when Dawlah Islamiya terrorists intruded into area where MILF members reside to collect money and food from farmers.
Timuay Anton Dian, Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative to municipal council of Datu Hoffer, and Mendoza told reporters around 40 Teduray families in houses around scene of encounter have relocated to safe areas.
Col. Roel Rullan Sermese, director of Maguindanao del Sur provincial police, and Army Brig. Gen. Oriel Libres Pangcog of 601st Infantry Brigade confirmed incident resulted in death of two Dawlah Islamiya members and assured public of their interventions to prevent repeat of incident.
Officials of municipal peace and order councils in Datu Hoffer and nearby Datu Unsay and Shariff Aguak towns told reporters Dawlah Islamiya members killed in clash, cousins Muntas Samsudin Ansao and Salik Abdullah Mantato, died on the spot from multiple gunshot wounds.
Sources , among them Moro datus, also reported to Army's 6th Infantry Division in Camp Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte that three other Dawlah Islamiya members, initially identified only as Saidamen, Mosib and Sanggutin, were wounded in gunfight caused panic among villagers.
Dawlah Islamiya terrorists involved in clash, led by Adbdulnasser Sangid Guinaid and certain Odic, immediately scampered away when they sensed more followers of MILF leader in the area, Sagah Dingan Malandag, were closing in.
Guinaid and his companions carried their three wounded companions away as they fled toward hinterland border of Datu Hoffer and Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.
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