ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Islamic State East Asia Province (ISEAP) has claimed wounding or killing seven government soldiers in a clash in the southern Philippines where security forces are battling the extremist group Dawlah Islamiya.
This was reported Thursday by the Washington DC-based Middle East Media Research Institute which
monitors tracks, translates, researches,
and analyzes cyber jihad originating from the Middle East, Iran, South Asia,
and North and West Africa.
It said pro-ISIS fighters attacked a group of soldiers on Wednesday in Maguindanao del Sur’s Datu Hofer town, but ISEAP did not provide further reports about the assault.
The
6th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army confirmed the fighting
and said only two soldiers and four terrorists were wounded in the clash which
erupted in Tuayan village after members of the Dawlah Islamiya attacked
patrolling troops.
No other details were made
available by the military except that security forces were pursuing the
terrorists who managed to escape from the fighting.
Last August, members of the
Dawlah Islamiya under Commander Yusa Ganoy assaulted a police detachment in the
village of Pagatin in Datu Salibo town, also in Maguindanao del Sur. The attack
wounded three policemen, all members of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 14.
Authorities have blamed the
Dawlah Islamiya - which is fighting for the establishment of a caliphate in the
South - for the spate of attacks on police and military targets, including
innocent civilians in the restive region. (Mindanao Examiner)
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