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Army troops clash with BIFF in Maguindanao

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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:27:44 +0000

CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO – Elements of the 40th Infantry Battalion in Maguindanao clashed with members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in a 10-minute firefight that broke out at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Inaladan, Shariff Saydona town, the Army here said.

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Army foils BIFF bomb plot, seizes IEDs, nabs 5 rebels

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 01:32:54 +0000

Army foils BIFF bomb plot, seizes IEDs, nabs 5 rebels

Military and police foiled early another attempt by IS-linked terrorists to bomb targets in Mindanao after they raided a rebels’ safehouse.

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BIFF: We’re not out to sabotage BOL plebiscite

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:34:06 +0000

DEADLY BALLS Police investigators found these ball bearings at the baggage counter on the second floor of South Seas Mall in Cotabato City on Monday. Ball bearings can be used as shrapnel in a homemade bomb similar to the one that went off at the baggage counter near the entrance to the shopping mall on New Year’s Eve, killing two people and injuring 34 others. PHOTO FROM PHILIPPINE ARMY 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION

The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Wednesday said it supported the creation of a new autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao as it reiterated that it had no hand in the bomb explosion at a shopping mall in Cotabato City that killed two people and injured more than 30 others on New Year’s Eve.

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BIFF breakaway group members charged for Sultan Kudarat bombing

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At least 25 members of a breakaway group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and their accomplices have been charged for the bombing at Isulan, Sultan Kudarat last August, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said.

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3 rebels, 1 civilian killed in Army-BIFF clash in Maguindanao

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3 rebels, 1 civilian killed in Army-BIFF clash in Maguindanao

Three members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and a civilian were killed in a military operation that prevented a bombing attempt in North Cotabato.

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UPDATE: 2 killed, 15 injured in another bombing in Sultan Kudarat

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – One more victim died in a new bomb attack in Sultan Kudarat’s Isulan town on Sunday night – the second explosion in five days – blamed by the military to the pro-IS Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters or BIFF in southern Philippines. The first fatality, an 18-year-old, died at the scene of the blast — […]

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BIFF warns of more attacks as it rejects Bangsamoro Organic Law

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BIFF warns of more attacks as it rejects Bangsamoro Organic Law

The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a  militant group linked to the Islamic State, warned of more attacks against government security forces as it rejected Sunday the proposed Bangsamoro Organiz Law, which would give more autonomy to Muslims in Mindanao, a promise of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Police, Army foil bomb try in Maguindanao

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DATU ODIN SINSUAT, MAGUINDANAO – Police and military authorities, acting on tips from civilians and concerned citizens, foiled a bombing attempt in Cotabato City, seizing a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) on Thursday afternoon in Barangay Awang here.

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