Palace honors fallen SAF 44 | Inquirer News

Palace honors fallen SAF 44

By: - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ
/ 02:07 PM January 25, 2023

SAF 44

(FILE) THEY WON’T BE FORGOTTEN Photographs of the 44 Special Action Force troopers who were killed in a botched operation to capture Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir on Jan. 25, 2015, in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, provide a somber backdrop to the Day of National Remembrance ceremony held in their honor at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Friday. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Wednesday honored the 44 Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) members killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, on January 25, 2015.

“Ngayong ika-25 ng Enero, ating inaalala ang kabayanihang ipinakita ng 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) officers sa munisipalidad ng Mamasapano noong 2015,” the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement.

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(On this day, we remember the bravery and heroism of the 44 PNP-SAF officers in the Municipality of Mamasapano in 2015.)

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“Ang kanilang sakripisyo ay ‘di malilimutan at mananatiling inspirasyon para sa bawat Pilipino,” it added.

(Their sacrifice will not be forgotten and will inspire every Filipino.)

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When “Oplan Exodus” went wrong in Mamasapano eight years ago, 44 SAF commandos paid the ultimate price.

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With a $5 million bounty on his head from the US Department of Justice, the PNP began Oplan Exodus, a counterterrorism operation, to capture the Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Marwan.

Marwan was killed in the operation.

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