MILF hits military for death of 4 members

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said 4 of its members were killed in a military operation in Basilan, just 2 weeks after the MILF and the government signed a peace deal. The MILF denounced the attack and said the military should have made sure it did not enter MILF identified territory. The military, however, said they were carrying out an operation against members of the Abu Sayyaf group (ASG). The military added that the MILF members killed could have been acting on their own to aid relatives who are ASG fighters. MILF vice chairman Ghazali Jaafar cautioned the military from repeating an incident like this in the future and from disturbing the “honeymoon period” between the government and the MILF.

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