CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (PNA) -- The military here today
announced the arrest of two armed men tagged in the attack in Malagakit,
Pigcawayan, North Cotabato last week.
Capt. John Arvin Encinas, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said
the two members of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were
arrested in Barangay Butelen, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao.
Encinas said residents alerted the military station in the village
about armed men on board a motorized banca along Butelen river.
When accosted, the two admitted they belong to the BIFF but denied they
were involved in Pigcawayan attack.
Arrested were Jahren Mantukay, 23 and Bardurim Limba, 28, both
residents of Barangay Pagatin, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao.
Taken from the two were two rifles and explosives as well as illegal
drugs.
Encinas said the two were turned over to Maguindanao police provincial
office for proper disposition.
Citing intelligence information showed that the two were among the 30
armed BIFF who attacked and terrorized the village of Malagakit in Pigcawayan,
North Cotabato last June 22.
In that attack, six BIFF, a militiaman and a farmer, were killed. At
least 31 civilians were taken hostage and used as human shields by the BIFF in
the eight hour atrocities.
At least 200 individuals were displaced by the BIFF atrocities. The
attacker also looted houses and desecrated the village chapel. (EOF/PNA) posted by Becky D. de Asis -The Redline News PH
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