Basilan gov declares all-out war vs Abu Sayyaf
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 07/01/2009 11:33 AM
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Basilan Governor Jum Akbar has declared an all-out war against Abu Sayyaf bandits responsible for the bloody ambush of police commandos over the weekend, a police official said Wednesday.
Senior Superintendent Salic Macapantar, Basilan provincial police director, said the “all-out” offensive will commence as soon as 226 members of the police’s elite command unit, Special Action Force (SAF), arrive in the province.
Macapantar said the SAF members will reinforce the 300 elite members of the provincial police office and the 1st Marine Brigade of the military.
Meanwhile, the provincial police head said Police Officer Midjar Madjiram, who was reported “missing in action” after the deadly ambush in Sumisip town on Sunday, has been found by a police search team.
He said the missing policeman was found a few meters away from the ambush site.
Members of the 1520th Police Provincial Mobile Group were on a regular patrol when ambushed by a group of Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sitio Mompol, Barangay Lower Benembengan.
Seven policemen were slain in the ambush.
Macapantar said Madjiram went missing at the height of the gun battle between police forces and the bandits. With a report from Noel Alamar, radio dzMM
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