Killed was Misba Masla, of sitio Butelin, Brgy. Kabasalan in Pikit. Her husband, Ali, and grandson Edwin, a grade five pupil, were seriously injured and were brought to the Cruzado Medical Clinic in Pikit for treatment.
Major Homer Estolas, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, said in a phone interview that the air and ground assaults targeted the Abu Toraife Group of Dawlah Islamiyah Mindanao, an alleged sub-group of the BIFF.
Abu Misry Mama, spokesperson of BIFF denied that the group of Toraife was in the area.[]
He said the Army strikes hit civilian homes.
“How could they say in public that they are protecting civilians when in fact, very obvious, that they bombed the house of an old woman?” he said in a phone interview.
