[PhilStar] Six Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and a Philippine soldier were killed in clashes in Maguindanao on Monday.Troops from the 33rd Infantry Battalion were looking for six BIFF militants injured in air strikes on Sunday. Three rebels with aliases of Bundas, Kamid and Oruk were killed in clashes in Liguasan marsh near a BIFF bomb factory destroyed in the air strikes.
Three other rebels were killed in an encounter with soldiers when another group of BIFF men led by a certain Metin tried to surround troops in Barangay Meta, Datu Unsay. Local officials identified the fatalities as Turman Aber, Mansur Mohammad and Kusid Laguiab, alias Mamalu.
The military said 15 militants were killed in air strikes and ground offensive that targeted BIFF bomb makers Taib Dinggo and Abu Walid. Four of the fatalities are reportedly foreigners.