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President Rodrigo Duterte urged officials of a Muslim autonomous region in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to help rein in a group of Islamic State-linked militants or risk an all-out military offensive.
In a surprise visit to a military camp in the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat near Cotabato, Duterte met with officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as well as military and police commanders. Three days earlier, members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) briefly occupied a town market in the area before government troops chased them away.
Duterte emphasized that developments such as peace and transitional efforts in the region were being threatened by BIFF.
Published on: Monday, May 10, 2021
By: PNA
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Soldiers who battled militants in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, are seen on a highway after sending the gunmen fleeing the firefight.
COTABATO CITY: Government forces have regained control of the Datu Paglas town market center in Maguindanao that the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) seized at dawn.
Lt. Col. John Paul Baldomar, speaking for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the BIFF gunmen, numbering about 200, withdrew and splintered into small groups after a brief military air and ground assault.
“At 10am, we are now in control of the public market in Datu Paglas; clearing operations were still going on,” Baldomar said.
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