A Moro leader appealed to the public to remember not only the 44 SAF commandos who died in a botched operation in Mamasapano town eight years ago but also the 18 former Moro combatants and five civilians who also lost their lives to the tragic incident.
The eight-year-old girl Sarah Pananggulon was sleeping with her parents in Sitio Inugog, when armed men residents identified as SAF commandos started shooting in the direction of their house, killing the girl and wounding her parents Samrah Sampulna and Pananggulon Mamasalaga.
“Let’s not forget Omar Dagadas, Ali Esmail, Musib Hasim, and Rasul Zukarnin who were killed inside the mosque by SAF commando survivor Christopher Lalang. The four were already asleep because they thought that the firefight was over after a ceasefire had been declared. But still, they were killed, what happened to their bodies was beyond description because they were shot at a very close range,” Lininding said, referring to the four MILF members in the area.
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