Officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have joined calls for a probe on last Sunday’s killing of five people in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Sur, allegedly by men in uniform.
Mohagher Iqbal, chief peace negotiator for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Monday called on the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament to seek for the return of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) as an effective platform in probing instances of ceasefire violation
The killings were purportedly perpetrated by a “raiding team” of police personnel, according to the victims’ families.
They said armed men, some of them clad in military uniform, raided a house, followed by gunshots that left five people dead.
Two of the fatalities were identified as Nasser Yusseff Husain; Norjihad Madídis Husain, both members or were children of former MILF combatants.
At least one more member of the BTA Parliament has unofficially concurred in to Iqbal’s call for inquiry. However, the official who wished to remain anonymous added that calls for probe were best extended to the national government, particularly the House of Representatives and the Senate.