A soldier was wounded when conducting an early morning security operation against the Islamic State-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Barangay Dasawao, Shariff Saydona Mustapha after a device planted by radicals along the path exploded on Friday.
Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, the Army’s 6th Infantry Division commander, identified the injured soldier as Cpl. Alexander D. Flauta of the 90th Infantry Battalion based in Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao.
“The wounded Flauta was immediately brought to this camp’s infirmary after the incident,” Carreon said. He also vows to continuously pursue BIFF members who are currently holed up in the 220,000-hectare Liguasan marshland situated in the borders of the “SPMS box”. The relentless efforts to eradicate these terror groups will continue so that communities in Central Mindanao would feel safe and secure from the results of government's efforts.
The SPMS box is a term used by the military on the area where the BIFF mainly operates. These are the adjoining towns of Shariff Aguak, Pagatin (Datu Saudi Ampatuan town), Mamasapano, and Shariff Saydona, all in Maguindanao’s second district.
Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1086218
