Apostol was hit during the firefight.
A police operative identified as PO1 Manuelito Lesmoras was wounded when Sabal’s group opened fire towards the targets.
The operatives were ordered to arrest Sabal based on the warrant issued by a Regional Trial Court based in Cotabato City for a series of murder and frustrated murder charges due to his alleged involvement in several bombing incidents in Southwestern Mindanao.
Dangane, however, did not name the alleged target areas.
He said the arresting operatives “first encircled the target place but Sabal and his men were able to detect the presence of the government troops.
