AT least 44 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed during the two-day encounter with government security forces at Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao, the Philippine Army said on Sunday.
Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, civil military operations officer of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (ID), said the bodies of the 44, however, were buried within 24 hours based on Muslim tradition.
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