MAGUIDANAO – Four alleged members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have surrendered to the military here on Wednesday, but security officials withheld the names of the militants to protect them from retaliation by the notorious group linked to the Islamic State.
The four men also surrendered their weapons – an anti-tank rocket launcher, two automatic rifles and a Garand rifle – when they yielded to 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion in Ampatuan town and immediately presented to Major General Arnel dela Vega, commander of the 6th Infantry Division.
Dela Vega urged other BIFF members to surrender peacefully. “We encourage other members of the BIFF as this is a good opportunity for them to live a better life and eye-opener that the soldiers will not hurt them,” he said.
Their surrender came following recent clashes between troops and BIFF militants in Maguindanao’s Shariff Saydona Mustapha town where 2 soldiers had been wounded. But the military said it was able to recover assorted weapons left behind by the BIFF.
Military propagandists said many BIFF members were killed in the fighting, but Abu Misri Mama, a spokesman for the militant group, strongly denied the report during an interview with radio station dxMS-Radyo Bida. (With a report from Rhoderick Beñez)
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