Multinational firm fights off Moro rebel attack in North Cotabato
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Security personnel of multinational firm Del Monte Fresh Produce briefly battled Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) gunmen, who harassed a packing house of its subsidiary Delinanas in Tulunan, North Cotabato on Monday evening,police reported Tuesday.
Senior Inspector Ronnie Cordero, Tulunan police chief, said an undetermined number of BIFF gunmen — one of them firing a rocket propelled grenade — stormed the Delinana facility in Km. 124 in Barangay (village) Dungos around 8 p.m.
The plantation’s security force engaged the rebels in a five-minute clash until soldiers from the 39th Infantry Battalion arrived.
No one was harmed in the incident, he said.
Just last week, at least 52 BIFF rebels were killed when soldiers conducted a massive operation in nearby Maguindanao.
Authorities had warned that with the Maguindanao operation, which also resulted in the seizure of a major BIFF camp, the breakaway rebel group would stage more attacks.
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