Maj. Gen. Alex Rillera, commander of the 6th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Central, made the call in an effort to convince the BIFF to return to the fold of law to pave the way for sustainable peace and progress in South and South Central Mindanao.
“Your Army, in
collaboration with other government forces, will continue to pursue those
accountable for the heinous acts in the area. Rest assured that we shall
sustain military operations to finally finish the remaining terrorists in South
and South Central Mindanao” Rillera said.
Security
forces led by Brig. Gen. Pedro Balisi Jr, commander of the 1st Mechanized
Brigade, killed suspects Abdulkarem Lumbatan Hasim and his kin Mahmod Lumbatan
during a joint military and police operation on February 18 in the village of
New Isabela.
Rillera said
the killing of the terrorists was a significant blow to the BIFF and a victory
for the authorities in maintaining peace and order in the area. “The poor
victims of Hasim have finally received justice,” he said.
A military
dossier on Hasim showed that he was the field commander of the BIFF (Karialan
Faction) and a notorious criminal.
Balisi also
confirmed this report and said Hasim was involved in many heinous crimes,
including last year’s ambush of a group of policemen serving a warrant of
arrest in Maguindanao’s Ampatuan town that killed Lt. Reynaldo Orcine Samson,
the police chief; and Cpl. Salipuden Talipasan Endab. Three other policemen
were wounded in the attack.
He said Hasim
was also behind the killing last year of Cpl. Allan Balena and the wounding of
another soldier also in Ampatuan town. (Mindanao Examiner)
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