The SAF contingent involved in the encounter was in Mamasapano to search for Malaysian bomb expert Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, who is reportedly being protected by the BIFF. He has a bounty of $5,000,000 from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Al-Haq, a spokesman for the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces said the SAF men were also searching for Basit Usman, who underwent training in bomb making in Peshawar, Pakistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.
The policemen were trapped and ran out of ammunition during the firefight, another police officer said.
Source: Live Leak
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