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| Militant killed in Mindanao attacks |
| 2014-07-15 |
| A member of the renegade Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was killed after they staged simultaneous attacks in southern Philippines yesterday. Colonel Dickson Hermoso said BIFF members opened fire on farmers harvesting their crops in President Quirino town of Sultan Kudarat province on Sunday afternoon. Hermoso said government militias in the area returned fire. The gun battle resulted in the displacement of hundreds of families. In nearby Tulunan town, around 100 BIFF members raided a banana plantation and burned heavy equipment. The town's police commander said security personnel from the plantation and civilian volunteers killed a militant and recovered a AK-47 rifle. The BIFF claimed responsibility for the separate attacks. The group's spokesman, Abu Misry Mama, said the attacks were in retaliation for the Philippine military's alleged abduction of a farmer and his son in Maguindanao province. |
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