CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – Military operations conducted by the different units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from March 10 to 16 resulted in the neutralization of 29 communist terrorist group (CTG) members, seven Abu Sayyaf bandits and seven more Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
Three Communist NPA Terrorist (CNTs) were killed in an encounter against joint elements of the 602nd Brigade, 90th Infantry Battalion, 34IB, and police units in Pikit, North Cotabato, on March 11. On the same day, two more were killed while a caliber .45 pistol was seized by operating elements of 6IB and police operatives in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.