GOVERNMENT forces have overran a fortified camp of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) following airstrike and artillery bombardment in the province of Maguindanao, a top military official announced Thursday.
Major General Arnel Dela Vega, Joint Task Force Central commander, said the fallen camp of the BIFF is located at Sitio Dagaring in the village of Tee, Datu Salibu, Maguindanao.
Dela Vega said the Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion have overran the camp around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday and recovered a cadaver of a slain BIFF member, four improvised bombs, two-M14 rifles, one M-16 Armalite rifle and a flag of the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (Isis).
He said the camp was targeted by airstrike and artillery bombardment while the ground troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members maneuvered towards the fallen BIFF camp.
“Troops thoroughly scour the area as the joint security campaign with the MILF is sustained to defeat the (BIFF) terrorists,” Dela Vega said.
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