COMPOSTELA VALLEY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 May) – Two alleged Filipino Jemaah Islamiya members were killed in a clash with government soldiers in southern Philippines, officials said Thursday.
Officials said one soldier was also wounded in the fighting that broke out in the village of Napnapan in Pantukan town in the province of Compostela Valley on Wednesday.
Brigadier General Reynaldo Mapagu, commander of the Army’s First Scout Ranger Regiment, said troops stormed a suspected JI hideout and a firefight ensued.
“When the smoke cleared, two JI terror men, both Filipinos are dead,” he said, adding, the men were brothers and suspected as members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Soldiers also recovered two M16 automatic rifles and an anti-tank rocket. The MILF is the country’s largest Muslim rebel group fighting for a strict Islamic state in the restive region of Mindanao. (With a report from Juley Reyes)
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