MAGUINDANAO – Over a dozen people were killed in fierce fighting Saturday between security forces and gunmen in the troubled Muslim province of Maguindanao, officials said.
Officials said policemen,
backed by soldiers, were trying to arrest Pendatun Talusan, a former village chieftain in Limbo
in Sultan Kudarat town, and several of his followers.
Talusan and his group engaged security
in battle for 5 hours until he and 12 of his armed followers were slain. One
policeman, Staff Sergeant Elenel Pido, was also killed and four others wounded in the
fighting – Captain Ronillo Daligdig Jr, Patrolmen Cayl Jun
Gonzales and John-Ryan Aquino, and Corporal Gyvard Bando – all members of the
Special Action Force.
Colonel Donald Madamba, the provincial
police chief, said Talusan and some of his followers were facing a string of
criminal charges. He said security forces recovered assorted weapons from
Talusan’s house.
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