THE military said on Monday that it has captured a factory for homemade bombs, following an assault on a stronghold of the Bangasamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, on Sunday.
Col. Melquiades Feliciano, commander of the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade that spearheaded the operations against the bandits, said that his troops captured the encampment owned by Mohammad Tambako in Barangay Dasikil.
“Our troops successfully seized a bomb-making facility after assaulting the enemy positions yesterday [Sunday]. The enemy was able to escape but the equipment and materials that are used to fabricate home-made bombs were left behind,” Feliciano said.
Among the recoveries include vital components for making bombs such as mortar fuses, ammonium nitrate, blasting caps and tie wires.