DAVAO CITY,
Jan 28 (PIA) Lt. General Aurelio Baladad, commander of the Eastern Mindanao
Command belittled the probability of an escalation of more violent clashes
between the government forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front following
the series of encounters that left 44 police commandos killed and 12
injured in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao Sunday.
Speaking at
the AFP-PNP Press Corps briefing, he said the immediate intervention of the
members of the Joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities of
the government and the MILF and peace panels of the government and MILF has
eased the situation.
“We see all
of them talking, so the probability of another encounter is very less, while a
possible spill-over to other parts of Mindanao is even lesser,” Baladad said.
He said
that despite this development, the military has extended its security awareness
and readiness especially in places that experienced the explosions of
improvised explosive devices.
Baladad
said the probability of more IED explosions as experienced by Bukidnon Province
remains present because of reports that the IEDs came from the area of the
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
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