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| BIFF militants kill third soldier in Mindanao |
| 2014-10-04 |
| Suspected members of a breakaway group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) killed another soldier, the third in as many days, in Mindanao. Colonel Marlon Abo said the victim, a corporal belonging to his unit, was in the town of Datu Piang, Maguindanao when two armed men on a motorcycle fired at him, killing him on the spot on Thursday morning. Abo said the killers fled with the victim’s motorcycle and wallet. On Tuesday morning, armed men gunned down two Army soldiers in front of the Catholic church also in Datu Piang where they were lighting devotional candles to mark the birthday of one of the victims. The two soldiers were unarmed and in civilian clothes when they were shot and killed. Abo blamed members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a breakaway group from the MILF, for the three killings. He pointed out that BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama earlier warned they would not stop their attacks on government security forces in their effort to establish an independent Islamic state in Mindanao. |
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