Group of investigators includes members of the police, Army, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
ILIGAN, Philippines – Authorities have created a special task force to conduct a thorough investigation into the February 17 ambush of Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. and his aides in Maguing, Lanao del Sur.
The MILF was earlier ordered by its leader, Bangsamoro interim Chief Minister Ahod “Murad” Ebrahim, to help investigators in identifying and catching those behind the ambush that wounded Adiong and killed people in his seven-vehicle convoy while they were en route to Wao town in Lanao del Sur. Guyguyon said Mananguite had gone missing right after the ambush but responding soldiers from the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade found him slightly hurt and brought him to a military headquarters in Marawi City.
Azurin said the gun ban also applies to the two Maguindanao provinces in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as well as in Cotabato province in the Soccsksargen region due to reports of escalating violence in these areas. The police have also intensified checkpoint security and launched a campaign against loose firearms in the provinces.
Recently, a top commander of BIFF was gunned down in a joint-security operation in Tacurong City. Abdulkarem Lumbatan Hasim had been wanted by authorities and was involved in attacks against police and military personnel.Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Bernardino said Hasim was responsible for the ambush and killing of police Lieutenant Reynaldo Samson in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, on August 29, 2022.
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