 Colonel Domingo Tutaan, military Southern Command (SouthCom) chief of staff, told reporters in Manila that also part of the meeting was renegade MILF commander Commander Wahib Kalil Tondok. However both officials could not confirm if there were any casualties in the attack, which targeted houses in a marshy area on the outskirts of Datu Piang and Saudi Ampatuan towns. Tondok's group was known to have raided an Army detachment in Linantangan town last January 9, leaving seven soldiers and 15 MILF fighters dead. The MILF leadership has disowned the attack, which came amid efforts to restart peace talks between the government and the rebel group. The MILF also refused to surrender Tondok's group despite an ultimatum from the military. |