From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 30): Army tells wounded BIFF men to surrender
Saying that they will be given adequate medical care and treatment, the Maguindanao-based 6th Infantry Division on Thursday is urging all wounded Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to surrender immediately.
"We are calling to them (wounded BIFF) to surrender so that their wounds can be adequately treated in hospitals,"6th Infantry Division spokesperson Col. Dickson Hermoso said.
He added that their troopers have seen newly-unearthed graves, possibly of BIFF men killed in the fighting but did not dig it anew to avoid offending cultural sensitivities of our Muslim brothers.
As of this posting, around 40 brigands were killed while government forces sustained one dead and 12 wounded.
Hermoso added that cordoning units have already captured BIFF facilities in Barangays Ganta and Bakat in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town in Maguindanao. These includes headquarters, training centers, and facilities for making improvised explosive devices.
And instead of releasing reports to the media of their willingness to negotiate with the government, the 6th Infantry Division spokesperson urged the BIFF to surrender and answer for their war crimes.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=610972
Saying that they will be given adequate medical care and treatment, the Maguindanao-based 6th Infantry Division on Thursday is urging all wounded Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to surrender immediately.
"We are calling to them (wounded BIFF) to surrender so that their wounds can be adequately treated in hospitals,"6th Infantry Division spokesperson Col. Dickson Hermoso said.
He added that their troopers have seen newly-unearthed graves, possibly of BIFF men killed in the fighting but did not dig it anew to avoid offending cultural sensitivities of our Muslim brothers.
As of this posting, around 40 brigands were killed while government forces sustained one dead and 12 wounded.
Hermoso added that cordoning units have already captured BIFF facilities in Barangays Ganta and Bakat in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town in Maguindanao. These includes headquarters, training centers, and facilities for making improvised explosive devices.
And instead of releasing reports to the media of their willingness to negotiate with the government, the 6th Infantry Division spokesperson urged the BIFF to surrender and answer for their war crimes.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=610972