COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 1 June)—Four members of the ISIS-inspired Dawlah Islamiyah (DI), also known as the Maute group, and one military personnel were killed during a fierce encounter Wednesday […]
COTABATO CITY —Four members of the ISIS-inspired Dawlah Islamiyah , also known as the Maute group, and one military personnel were killed during a fierce encounter Wednesday night in an interior village of Marogong town in Lanao del Sur.
Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, regional director of Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region , said that troops of Scout Rangers conducted focused military operation after information received that several DI members were hiding in a secluded location in Brgy. Piangolongan of the said town. He added that the location of the encounter is around four to five kilometers away from the town center, where some residents who fled last week sought refuge, and had just started to return to their homes.
Nobleza said that two hours later and not far from the first encounter site, troops led by a certain Capt. Legada encountered the same group, which was under the leadership of Abu Zacharia. The firefight lasted five minutes, with the DI forces withdrawing towards the west after they were overpowered by the Scout Rangers.The soldiers also reported rescuing two minors and a woman.
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