CAMP
SIONGCO, Maguindanao ---
Army and police troops killed five armed men in a shootout at a military
checkpoint in Barangay Inug-ug, Pikit, North Cotabato last July 5 in the
evening.
At
around 10:00 p.m., five men aboard a grey Nissan Patrol car were told to stop
at a checkpoint.
The
suspects, armed with high-powered firearms, however, refused to pull over and
sped away from the first checkpoint.
Troops
at the next checkpoint were immediately alerted and upon seeing the approaching
vehicle signaled for it to stop to be inspected. The suspects instead of
stopping at the checkpoint accelerated towards it and fired upon the government
troops manning it. CLICK ABOVE TO READ MORE.....
The
troops from 7th Infantry Battalion and Pikit Municipal Police who were manning
the checkpoint managed to return fire and killed the armed men during the
10-minute exchange of fire.
One
fatality was identified as Datu Hashim Matalam, a son of a former governor of
Maguindanao, and the other was a certain Buton Bacocol, a resident of Matina
Pangi in Davao City.
Three
others are still to be identified by the investigating team.
The
troops recovered one M16 rifle, 2 M653 rifles, one caliber .45 pistol, one hand
grenade, and one rifle grenade. Also recovered were three grams of white
crystalline powder substance suspected to be shabu and drug paraphernalia
inside the vehicle.
The
6th Infantry Division Commander, Maj. Gen. Diosdado C. Carreon said that the
government troops in the area of the 6th ID will continue to enforce the
security measures to prevent the armed lawless groups from doing criminalities
and other illegal activities in its area of responsibility. (ODPA, 6th ID)
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