{"id":44524,"date":"2015-03-11T01:19:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44524"},"modified":"2015-03-11T01:19:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:19:31","slug":"one-of-four-biff-members-killed-in-maguindanao-clash-likely-a-foreign-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/11\/one-of-four-biff-members-killed-in-maguindanao-clash-likely-a-foreign-terrorist\/","title":{"rendered":"One of four BIFF members killed in Maguindanao clash likely a foreign terrorist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (Photo courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups; www.isvg.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — There is a huge possibility that the foreign-looking individual, killed during a clash with Marine units in Shariff Saydona, Maguindanao Saturday, was a member of a international terrorist group.<\/p>\n

“He is about 5 feet and eight inches tall, fair complexion and has a similarity (to one) listed international terrorist,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala said during a briefing Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Kakilala said that the suspected foreigner, one of the four Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) members killed during Saturday’s clash seemed “South Asian looking.”<\/p>\n

“The SOCO (scene of the crime operatives) is right now conducting [the] medico legal for the DNA [test], it’s up to SOCO to determine the identity of foreign-looking [individual],” he said.<\/p>\n

Kakilala said that there was a possibility that the foreign-looking individual could be a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group but said that this was still being validated.<\/p>\n

The body of the latter and the three others killed are still at the mortuary of the 6th Infantry Division in Camp Siongco, Awang town, Maguindanao.<\/p>\n

As of this posting, the bodies remained unclaimed, Kakilala said.<\/p>\n

And as for the four BIFF men captured during the Maguindanao operations last Friday, these individuals had been transferred to the custody of the Philippine National Police.<\/p>\n

Kakilala also said that the offensive against the BIFF has been extended against for another three days to ensure that the brigands are totally decimated in Maguindanao.<\/p>\n

This period started this Tuesday, he added.<\/p>\n

“Commander of the 6th Infantry Division will be one to make operational assessment (if there) is a need for a continue military operation,” the AFP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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