Multinational firm fights off Moro rebel attack in North Cotabato

By: 11 years ago

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 39^th 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.