Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) Information Officer
Cpt. Jo-Ann D. Petinglay disclosed that the personnel of the 4th Special Forces
Battalion, who established a detachment in Barangay Cabcaban, Sumisip, Basilan,
encountered the said Abu Sayyaf bandits while they were conducting security
patrol in the said area at 7:15am and then at around 7:45am, the engaging
troops were reinforced by the 1st Special Forces Company, who was being fired
at by the withdrawing bandits as the troops were traversing the said temporary
patrol base in Barangay Cabcaban.
High Pursuit operation on the evading enemy forces is currently being
conducted by the Special Forces following bloodstains left by the fleeing
bandits, military said.
Cpt. Petinglay said that as a result of the earlier
engagements, five (5) members of the Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA) sustained
wounds, while three (3) CAA members were killed in action. Six (6) other
soldiers were also wounded during the second encounter.
Cpt. Petinglay added that eight (8) of the wounded were brought to
Zamboanga City for further medical attention at the Camp Navarro General
Hospital (CNGH) of the Western Mindanao Command, while three (3) were admitted
in a hospital of Basilan.
“Our engaged troops have recently established a
detachment in Barangay Cabcaban in response to the call of the local government
of Basilan to secure the area from the threats posed by the Abu Sayyaf bandits,
Our soldiers are on security patrols
when the encounter occured,” said Lieutenant General Carlito G. Galvez, Jr.,
Commander of WestMinCom.
“The military will continue to secure the area and
work with the local chief executives to contain the Abu Sayyaf bandits in the
barangay,” said LtGen. Galvez just earlir.
"This incident will not stop us from doing our mandate,
in order to free the community from the terror these bandits are causing the
people," LtGen. Galvez added. (PR/Posted by Becky D. de Asis-The Redline News Philippines)
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