Suspected BIFF set off IED to visitors of Mamasapano, Maguindanao

TACURONG CITY -- Lawless elements suspected to be members of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) tried, but failed, to inflict injury on soldiers as well as non-combatants who visited Mamasapano in Maguindanao Wednesday morning.Government forces, police and local officials, as well as relatives of slain Special Action Force visited Barangay Tukanalipao to commemorate the second year anniversary of the Mamasapano massacre.Colonel Cirilito Sobejana, 601st Infantry Brigade commander, told and//www.ndbcnews.com.ph www.ndbcnews.com.ph , that nobody was hut explosion of an improvised explosive device along a road side in Nabundas, Datu Saydona Mustapha town.Government forces and some of the relatives of SAF 44 and local officials went to Barangay Tukanalipao, site of the January 25 bloodbath that claimed the lives of at least 66 persons, 44 of them SAF.The police operation was aimed at neutralizing Zulkifli bin Hir, the Indonesian bomb experts who trained lawless elements in bomb making. Zulkifli was killed at the expense of the lives of 44 SAF.