 The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is set to conduct its own investigation on the alleged involvement of some of its leaders in the latest strafing incident that killed three in Carmen town in North Cotabato. MILF spokesman "Lipless Eddie" Eid Kabalu said the central leadership has already tasked the 101st Brigade of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) assigned in Carmen to lead the probe.
Reports from the Carmen police said that the strafing incident last Friday that killed couple Emmanuel and Marina Osorio and son Raymund was orchestrated by a certain Commander Tungal Kadil alias Tungal Abdul, believed to be a top official of the MILF operating in Barangay Liliongan, one of the identified rebel territories in Carmen. Insp. Reynante Cabico, Carmen police chief, said Tungal led a group of 20 MILF rebels in strafing the Osorio family. But the MILF, according to Kabalu, has yet to find out if Commander Tungal belongs to its armed forces. “Sanctions would be imposed against Tungal if indeed he orchestrated such violent attack,” he explained.
| "We're checking and cross-checking the list now. After the cross-check, we will perform a counter cross-check against our JI, Abu Sayyaf, and Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Ten Thousand Pairs of Shoes databases. These checks all take a lot of time and several state dinners, and it's not at all certain that this Tungal fella was even in country at the time. He has a real passion for cricket, y'know, or so we're told." |
| "Tungal? Tungal? Never hoid of 'im! Nobody around here by that name! Wot the hell kind of a name is 'Tungal', anyway? He Jewish or somethin'?" |
The Osorios were killed March 16 when while they were preparing for dinner inside their house. The couple sustained gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies. Their son, who was hit in the chest, was able to run and hide in a grassy lot. He died later at a hospital in Carmen due to severe loss of blood. Police recovered from the crime scene empty cartridges of 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm rifles, and a Garand rifle. |