Troops overrun BIFF camp

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops overran a fortified camp of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) following airstrike and artillery bombardment in the province of Maguindanao, a top military officials announced Thursday.

Maj. Gen. Arnel Dela Vega, Joint Task Force Central commander, said the fallen camp of the BIFF is located at Sitio Dagaring, Barangay Tee, Datu Salibu, Maguindanao

Dela Vega said troops from the Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion have recovered a cadaver of a slain BIFF member, four improvised bombs, two-M14 rifles, one M-16 Armalite rifle and a flag of the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS) when they overran the camp at around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday.

He said the camp was targeted by airstrike and artillery bombardment while the ground troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members maneuvered towards the fallen BIFF camp.

“Troops thoroughly scoured the area as the joint security campaign with the MILF is sustained to defeat the (BIFF) terrorists,” Dela Vega said.

Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said that “all means are currently being exhausted with the support of the MILF as combat operations are being launched in the area.” (PNA)

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