The son of a former barangay (village) official in the municipality of Ampatuan, where the infamous 2009 Maguindanao massacre took place, was abducted by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), the police said Wednesday.
Government forces said they have foiled an alleged attempt by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to sabotage a military-led medical outreach program in Maguindanao on Friday.
The military claimed to have foiled an attempt allegedly by members of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to sabotage a military-led medical outreach program in Maguindanao on Friday.
Two civilians were hurt when Moro rebels clashed in Maguindanao at dawn Monday, the military here said.
The military on Tuesday appealed to the public for assistance in locating breakaway Moro group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) leader Ameril Umbra Kato following the series of attacks in Maguindanao last month.
A security officer and two civilians were wounded in a roadside bombing near a police camp in Maguindanao on Wednesday and authorities immediately put the blame on the splinter rebel group, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, headed by Ameril Umra Kato.
A more radical leader has taken charge of renegade Moro guerrillas who launched a series of attacks on civilian communities that authorities said were aimed at sabotaging peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), according to the MILF.
Moro rebel leader Ameril Umbra Kato of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement was hospitalized in one of Cebu’s posh hospitals last month that was “facilitated and bankrolled” by a politician, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front said.
Authorities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) yesterday gave the go-signal for villagers who fled clashes between renegade Moro rebels and soldiers to return to their homes.
Civilian and military officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said it was already safe for evacuees to return to their homes.
Government forces on Tuesday seized a stronghold of breakaway Moro rebels in the mountains of Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, and said they would soon take over smaller camps belonging to the group of Ameril Umra Kato, a former leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Moro breakaway rebels staged attacks in two towns in Maguindanao on Sunday night, killing three people and wounding six others, local officials said.
A policeman was killed when suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters fired on a police outpost in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao around 2 a.m. Saturday, a police spokesman said.
